SOLVED Directory empty after successful zfs import

[Derkades]

My boot drive (usb) stopped working. I am trying to get the configuration file. I installed freenas installer on a different usb (same version as the broken usb), booted from it and went to shell.

I ran zpool import. It showed my storage pool and a freenas-boot pool.

/mnt was read only so I decided to create a new directory in /var/tmp (/var/tmp/test). I then ran the following command:

Code:

zpool import -f -R /var/tmp/test freenas-boot

The command completed with no errors. zpool status gives me the following output (manually typed out from screen):

Code:

pool: freenas-boot
state: ONLINE
status: Some supported features are not enabled on the pool. The pool can still be used, but some features are unavailable.
action: Enable all features using 'zpool upgrade'. Once this is done, the pool may no longer be accessible by software that does not support the features. See zpool-features(7) for details.
scan: none requested
config:

NAME		   STATE	READ   WRITE   CKSUM
freenas-boot   ONLINE   0		  0		0
da1p2		  ONLINE   0		  0		0

when I cd to /var/tmp/test and run ls it shows the directory is empty. I assume /var/tmp/test is not read-only, because I can create a directory in /var/tmp/test using mkdir.

 

[Ericloewe]

Oh boy, I'm not sure what you did but it's not what you wanted to do. Shut down the machine and remove the old boot device.

After booting, import the old pool with a different name. zpool import freenas-boot oldboot.

 

[Derkades]

I found a random forum thread which I was following. I ended up installing freenas to a new usb drive (this time mirrored so this won't happen again) and used the gui to import the old boot pool.