Re: Missing disk partition devices and GPT lables in /dev/

> On Nov 29, 2023, at 6:20 PM, Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> wrote:
> 
> On 29/11/2023 19:23, Michael Proto wrote:
> 
>> This has always been the case on my systems going back to at least 11.0 (when I first started using ZFS) using diskid over gpt. When I import a vdev via /dev/disk/SERIALp1 its associated /dev/ada1p1 disappears.
> 
> I never created / imported pool by /dev/diskid/ serials and I don't understand why I was still getting /dev/diskid/ entries even if they were disabled by sysctl (may be sysctl.conf is applied to late?)

Yeah, as far as I know, those go in /boot/loader.conf - at least that's where the installer puts them...

I suspect that's the root of all this..

Charles

> 
> I fixed it by booting from USB flash drive, manually forced import with gpt labels, export and reboot:
> 
> # zpool import -f -d /dev/gpt/ -R /tank1 tank1
> # zpool import -f -d /dev/gpt/ -R /sys0 sys
> 
> # cp /etc/zfs/zpool.cache /sys0/etc/zfs/
> 
> # zpool export sys
> # zpool export tank1
> 
> Now after reboot I have these aliases for partitions:
> 
> # ls -1 /dev/{diskid,gpt,gptid,ada*}
> ls: /dev/diskid: No such file or directory
> /dev/ada0
> /dev/ada0p1
> /dev/ada0p2
> /dev/ada0p3
> /dev/ada0p4
> /dev/ada0p5
> /dev/ada1
> /dev/ada1p1
> /dev/ada1p2
> /dev/ada1p3
> /dev/ada1p4
> /dev/ada1p5
> 
> /dev/gpt:
> bootC90
> bootG8V
> diskC90sys
> diskC90tank0
> diskG8Vsys
> diskG8Vtank0
> efiC90
> efiG8V
> swapC90
> swapG8V
> 
> /dev/gptid:
> 700a2d08-8be4-11ee-8287-98f2b3f71a30
> 719acc14-8be4-11ee-8287-98f2b3f71a30
> ebaf351d-8bec-11ee-8287-98f2b3f71a30
> ec5f6315-8be4-11ee-8287-98f2b3f71a30
> ee024e16-8be4-11ee-8287-98f2b3f71a30
> fd55c994-8bec-11ee-8287-98f2b3f71a30
> 
> And pool is made of GPT lables as I like
> 
> # zpool list -v | cut -c1-28
> NAME                   SIZE
> sys                   39.5G
>  mirror-0            39.5G
>    gpt/diskG8Vsys      40G
>    gpt/diskC90sys      40G
> tank1                 3.58T
>  mirror-0            3.58T
>    gpt/diskG8Vtank0  3.59T
>    gpt/diskC90tank0  3.59T
> 
> 
> Kind regards
> Miroslav Lachman
> 
>