Overwrite ZFS zpool bootfs property during boot

Philipp Wuensche cryx-freebsd at h3q.com
Mon Jan 4 13:55:54 UTC 2010


krad wrote:
> 
> You can reset vfs.root.mountfrom from the loader prompt. However that
> wont help if the fs it totally hosed. The only way i know if to boot in
> on another live os and reset the propery

It also will not help if the zpool.cache or kernel is hosed. :-/

My idea would be a menu in the loader where you could select a
zfs-dataset from which to boot.

greetings,
philipp




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