[zfs-discuss] root pool mirror problems

Ian Collins
2010-05-20T09:11:14Z

On 05/20/10 08:39 PM, roi shidlovsky wrote:
> hi.
> i am trying to attach a mirror disk to my root pool. if the two disk are
the same size.. it all works fine, but if the two disks are with different size
(8GB and 7.5GB) i get a "I/O error" on the attach command.
>
> can anybody tell me what am i doing wrong?
Trying to mirror a larger disk with a smaller one?

Recent builds can cope with a small difference to allow for variations between
models of the same nominal size, but not 500MB.

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Ian.