Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:56:19 +0200 From: "Claus Guttesen" <kometen@gmail.com> To: "Jeremy Chadwick" <koitsu@freebsd.org> Cc: Timothy Wilson <timothy.wilson87@gmail.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS version 8 on stable? Message-ID: <b41c75520806130256r7b791916n1fac35ea3081361e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080613093225.GA45459@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: <d68fb1480806130140p66a2073bpbe9c7de23fc74169@mail.gmail.com> <20080613093225.GA45459@eos.sc1.parodius.com>
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>> So either I want to downgrade the zpool, or upgrade zfs on FreeBSD. >> Does anyone know if I'll be able to import zfs v8, or am I wasting my >> time? I'd prefer to follow -stable, but if I must follow -current, >> then golly goshkins, I'll have no choice! > > I don't know what the current migration status is of ZFS on FreeBSD to a > newer version. I don't think -CURRENT/HEAD has a newer ZFS either, so I > think you're out of luck with regards to an "easy" migration. > > If I was in your shoes, I would not downgrade the pool -- I would simply > stop using ZFS and use a filesystem that is fully compatible between OS > X and FreeBSD. *cue someone chiming in with the usual "ZFS is > experimental on FreeBSD, blah blah blah" rhetoric* :-) I tried to create a zfs-pool on Solaris and was unable to import it to FreeBSD. So there are still some issues in relation to OS-platform-migrations. But other than that is this not a somewhat pessimistic approach not to try things out? :-) Many years ago (os x 10.0 or 10.1 I think) I tried to create an UFS-volume on os x but this was not recognized by FreeBSD (ver. 4.x). What other fs-type will work between os x and FreeBSD? FAT comes to my mind. -- regards Claus When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentlest gamester is the soonest winner. Shakespeare
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