ZFS 'read-only' device / pool scan / import?

[Karl Pielorz]

--On 23 October 2010 12:03 +0200 Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd at FreeBSD.org> 
wrote:

> As for read-only imports. This is not possible in the ZFS version we
> have now, but such functionality is available in most recent ZFS, which
> is not yet in FreeBSD.

Thanks, that just answered my original question perfectly :)

At least we know the mess we got into is recoverable, and numerous lessons 
have been learnt - and that read only imports (which won't change anything 
on the pool) should, hopefully be with us at some point :)

Regards,

-Karl