Ubuntu Xenial included ZFS by default. But for those that adventureous and seeking new features, use a ZFS on Linux (ZoL) fresh from GIT.
Removing the old
Unload Kernel
sudo rmmod zfs
sudo rmmod spl
Just make sure they are not in use. No ZFS pool activated.
Removing old driver
Remove the old from default kernel:
rm -rf /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/zfs/
Dependencies
apt -y install build-essential autoconf libtool gawk alien fakeroot linux-headers-$(uname -r)
apt -y install zlib1g-dev uuid-dev libattr1-dev libblkid-dev libselinux-dev libudev-dev
apt -y install parted lsscsi ksh
apt -y install autoconf git libdevmapper-dev
ZFS
We just want the kernel because the userspace tool from Ubuntu is sufficient for now.
Let’s download the sources:
git clone https://github.com/zfsonlinux/spl
git clone https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs
SPL Kernel
Go:
cd spl
Do the stanza:
./autogen.sh
./configure --prefix=/usr --with-config=kernel
make -j$(nproc)
sudo make install
ZFS Kernel
Go:
cd ../zfs
Do the stanza:
./autogen.sh
./configure --prefix=/usr --with-config=kernel
make -j$(nproc)
sudo make install
Done
We can restart for better, or we can reload:
sudo modprobe zfs
IFs
Sometimes life gives you lemon, find out what’s wrong with making sure that you are loading the right kernel
sudo modinfo zfs
This made me frustrated in the past. I just realized at some point that the kernel was still in bed with the old ZFS kernel module.
