OK - here's some info for those of you just starting out with zfs from the coding/building level. I struggled for many days walking down the path of install specific snv_xx release -> build code of snv_xx release with nightly -> install kernel only with cap eye Install.
While this all worked and I could boot in most cases with my newly built kernel, zfs would not work correctly, the most common error was "internal error: out of memory". IT WAS NOT UNTIL DOING A FULL BFU install that zfs worked correctly. I was a little shocked by this as my source and the original install where at the same build level. From the docs it seemed as though if your at the same build level you didn't need the full BFU treatment, NOT SO. So save yourself some time and always go for the BFU the first time you build fresh and plan on using zfs. I assume the issue is that the userland zfs tools need to match the kernel build (maybe a debug vs non-debug issue)? For veterans zfs folks - please correct me if I am missing some subtlety. Cheers - nola This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
