zfs discuss - Jun 2008 - Accessing zfs partitions on HDD from LiveCD

Hi,

How can I access a zfs partition on the HDD, if I boot up via the 2008.05
LiveCD?

I installed opensolaris on my computer. But the system has gone screwy and will
no longer boot. I have to retrieve some files from the filesystem...

Cheers!
 
 
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Answer is:

# zpool import

(which will pick up the zpool on the HDD and lists its name and id)

# zpool import rpool 

(rpool is default opensolaris zpool)
 
 
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I have a similar problem -- my OS is borked-up-beyond-bootable (my bad, and
I''m not used to doing snapshots for rollback yet) and I''m
going to need to reinstall...   but before I do that I wanted to double check
and make sure that I would still be able to access my storage zpools (raidz on
separate drives) after the reinstall.   zpool import should work?

Thanks,
--Ben
 
 
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to answer my own question -- yes, it worked beautifully (zpool import -f tank).

Now to figure out why my network connection doesn''t want to work after
being set up the exact same way again :(
 
 
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