I think zfs on ubuntu currently is a rather bad idea. See test below with 
ubuntu Lucid 10.04 (amd64)

r...@bigone:~# cat /proc/partitions 
major minor  #blocks  name

   8        0  312571224 sda
   8        1     979933 sda1
   8        2    3911827 sda2
   8        3   48829567 sda3
   8        4          1 sda4
   8        5   49287388 sda5
   8        6   49287388 sda6
   8        7   49287388 sda7
   8        8   49287388 sda8
   8        9   49287388 sda9
   8       10   12410181 sda10
r...@bigone:~# zpool create zowhat raidz2 sda5 sda6 sda7 sda8 sda9
cannot open 'zowhat': dataset does not exist
r...@bigone:~# zpool status
  pool: zowhat
 state: ONLINE
 scrub: none requested
config:

        NAME        STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
        zowhat      ONLINE       0     0     0
          raidz2    ONLINE       0     0     0
            sda5    ONLINE       0     0     0
            sda6    ONLINE       0     0     0
            sda7    ONLINE       0     0     0
            sda8    ONLINE       0     0     0
            sda9    ONLINE       0     0     0

errors: No known data errors
r...@bigone:~# zpool list
NAME   SIZE   USED  AVAIL    CAP  HEALTH  ALTROOT
-         -      -      -      -       -  -
r...@bigone:~# zfs list
no datasets available
r...@bigone:~# 
 

----- Original Message -----
> All true, I just saw too many "need ubuntu and zfs" and thought to
> state the obvious in case the patch set for nexenta happen to differ
> enough to provide a working set. I've had nexenta succeed where
> opensolaris quarter releases failed and vice versa
> 
> On Jun 27, 2010, at 9:54 PM, Erik Trimble <erik.trim...@oracle.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > On 6/27/2010 9:07 PM, Richard Elling wrote:
> >> On Jun 27, 2010, at 8:52 PM, Erik Trimble wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> But that won't solve the OP's problem, which was that OpenSolaris
> >>> doesn't support his hardware. Nexenta has the same hardware
> >>> limitations as OpenSolaris.
> >>>
> >> AFAICT, the OP's problem is with a keyboard. The vagaries of
> >> keyboards
> >> is well documented, but there is no silver bullet. Indeed, I have
> >> one box that
> >> seems to be more or less happy with PS-2 vs USB for every other OS
> >> or
> >> hypervisor. My advice, have one of each handy, just in case.
> >>  -- richard
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Right. I was just pointing out the fallacy of thinking that Nexenta
> > might work on hardware that OpenSolaris doesn't (or has problems
> > with).
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Erik Trimble
> > Java System Support
> > Mailstop: usca22-123
> > Phone: x17195
> > Santa Clara, CA
> >
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