Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:54:03 +0200 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Timothy Wilson <timothy.wilson87@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS version 8 on stable? Message-ID: <485243BB.7050604@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <d68fb1480806130140p66a2073bpbe9c7de23fc74169@mail.gmail.com> References: <d68fb1480806130140p66a2073bpbe9c7de23fc74169@mail.gmail.com>
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Timothy Wilson wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I know -stable is supposed to be, well, stable, but I seem to be in a > bit of a pickle. > > I'm trying to import my zfs file system from a Macintosh machine. It > was created at version 8. Being new to zfs, I did not realise that > FreeBSD would be running at a lower version; I thought zfs was zfs! Of > course, trying to import my zpool fails, complaining that the version > is too new. > > freebsd# zpool import bigstore > cannot import 'bigstore': pool is formatted using a newer ZFS version > > 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! It is planned to update to a newer ZFS release in HEAD, but this has not happened yet (let alone in 7.x). I don't know if it is possible to downgrade a pool - you should check the ZFS documentation/support materials. Kris
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