changing a zfs pool to another machine

[Andriy Gapon]

on 15/09/2011 00:26 Alisson said the following:
> Hi...
> 
> I have a zfs pool with 3 harddrives (ad8,ad10,ad15)
> 
> I need to change to another machine...
> 
> when I try to boot freebsd in the another machine with this 3 harddrives...
> goes to mountroot prompt.
> 
> so.. I need to boot with
> 
> set vfs.root.mountfrom="zfs:tank/root"
> 
> but don't work... goes ever to mountroot prompt..

To be able to boot from a pool you must first arrange for the pool to be to
zpool.cache file.  If you have exported the pool you would need some alternative
boot media to import it first.

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Andriy Gapon