zfs discuss - Jan 2010 - ZFS loses configuration

I have just installed EON .599 on a machine with a 6 disk raidz2 configuration. 

I run updimg after creating a zpool.  When I reboot, and attempt to run
''zpool list'' it returns ''no pools
configured''.

I''ve checked /etc/zfs/zpool.cache, and it appears to have configuration
information about the disks in place.

If I run zpool import, it loads properly, but for whatever reason with EON,
it''s not saving the configuration.

Any ideas where I should start looking?
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You will have to uncomment the "zpool import -a" line in
/mnt/eon0/.exec for
this to automatically import your pools on startup.
(took a while before I found this too...)

Other than that, for me, EON is great!

br,
syljua
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I''ve run into something odd. I find that my EON setup loses all user
ids and passwords when rebooted. It does import the zpool.

Do I need to update the image every time I add users?
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I''m answering my own question, having just decided to try it. Yes,
anything you want to persist beyond reboot with EON that''s not in the
zfs pools has to have an image update done before shutdown.

I had this Doh! moment after I did the trial. Of course all the system config
has to be on the system directoriess - which exist only in the boot image for
EON. This realization let me fix quite a number of things which I was doing
wrong.

But it was not obvious to me as a raw beginner at EON.
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