From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 13 09:32:25 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9C6D106567B for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:32:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@parodius.com) Received: from mx01.sc1.parodius.com (mx01.sc1.parodius.com [72.20.106.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 906258FC0A for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:32:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@parodius.com) Received: by mx01.sc1.parodius.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 56A991CC060; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:32:25 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:32:25 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Timothy Wilson Message-ID: <20080613093225.GA45459@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS version 8 on stable? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:32:25 -0000 On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 06:40:22PM +1000, 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! 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* :-) Summary: you're out of luck. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |