Can't import existing Softraid ZFS Volume. FreeNAS 8

[Starscream]

I had FreeNAS 8 running sweet from a USB flash drive along with a Softraid ZFS volume comprising two 500gb IDE hard disks.

The USB flash drive died so I decided to install an extra IDE (80gb) hard drive as the system drive.

Bios detects all the drives ok and when in FreeNAS webgui it looks like I can create raid volumes but not import them? I tried auto-import and it shows the softraid zfs volume but when I click it and then import it looks to work for a few seconds then the window closes and there are still no volumes, I've refreshed and rebooted several times and tried the auto-import but still the same happens.

It's as if it can see the zfs raid volume but for some reason doesn't fully import it so I can't use it. There is data I would prefer to keep but it's not the end of the world if I delete it but this is the 2nd time this sort of thing has happened to me after a freenas 8 system fail and I've been unable to import the old volumes.

I don't think I had this issue in FreeNAS 7 and I could have sworn there was a raid import option instead of using auto-import

Any ideas?

 

[ProtoSD]

Are you using FreeNAS 8.0? This version has problems with the auto import. Try using 8.01 beta4, that should get you going again.

 

[joeschmuck]

Try to reset your configuration to factory settings. I had a similar problem last week on Beta-4 while messing around trying to cause problems and see what limitations there were. I had to reset the configuration, reboot, then auto-import worked for me. YMMV. You should also be able to import via the CLI.

 

[Starscream]

Thanks for the advice guys. I'll try installed 8.01 and then if that fails I'll try doing a factory reset.

Do you know if it's possible to do an update via CLI and the web instead of using the CD? It's a remote machine and it's a pain to run CDs from it.

 

[warri]

I think they increased the system partition size to 2 GB in BETA3, so probably a fresh install is needed.

 

[joeschmuck]

The partition size is only created when the volumes are initially created. You can change that value in the GUI but the value must be in increments of a full GB. You can enter a value of 1 for a 1GB, that's what I have done. The GUI cannot change a current Volume Swap file size to smaller or larger, it's only when the volume is created. Not sure what the swap file has to do with this problem.