ZFS unable to import pool

[Vusa Moyo]

Is it possible you failed 2 drives instead of 1. Raidz1 cannot handle 2 failed drives.

Maybe, you were busy re-Silvering a previous failure when you dd’d ada7? Which is also catastrophic 


On 23 Apr 2014, at 11:20 AM, Hugo Lombard <hal at elizium.za.net> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 10:27:06AM +0200, Hugo Lombard wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 10:19:30AM +0200, Vusa Moyo wrote:
>>> Sounds to me like you will need to remove the disk ada7 from the
>>> system so ZFS marks it as failed. 
>>> 
>>> Depending on the raidz mode you have set for your zpool and the number
>>> of disks remaining being ok,  it should start.
>>> 
>> 
>> It's a raidz1...
>> 
> 
> Which of course means 'RAID5' and not 'RAID1'...
> 
> Sorry, my bad.
> 
> I think I've been barking up the wrong tree...  Changing course.
> 
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