I've seen reports of a recent Seagate firmware update bricking drives again.
What's the output of 'zpool import' from the LiveCD? It sounds like more than 1 drive is dropping off. On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 10:52 PM, Brad Hill <b...@thosehills.com> wrote: >> I would get a new 1.5 TB and make sure it has the new >> firmware and replace >> c6t3d0 right away - even if someone here comes up >> with a magic solution, you >> don't want to wait for another drive to fail. > > The replacement disk showed up today but I'm unable to replace the one marked > UNAVAIL: > > r...@blitz:~# zpool replace tank c6t3d0 > cannot open 'tank': pool is unavailable > >> I would in this case also immediately export the pool (to prevent any >> write attempts) and see about a firmware update for the failed drive >> (probably need windows for this). > > While I didn't export first, I did boot with a livecd and tried to force the > import with that: > > r...@opensolaris:~# zpool import -f tank > internal error: Bad exchange descriptor > Abort (core dumped) > > Hopefully someone on this list understands what situation I am in and how to > resolve it. Again, many thanks in advance for any suggestions you all have to > offer. > -- > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss > _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
