Tag Archives: zfs

ZFS Kernel Module not Found after Ubuntu Distribution Update

This is the second time I step into this crap. Let’s save some handy commands for the future. After updating the distribution of my Ubuntu Server box, the ZFS kernel module is missing. I get the following error during the upgrade: configure: error: *** Please make sure the kmod spl devel <kernel> package for your… Read More »

Restoring ZFS drive

Today I ran through an exercise of restoring a ZFS pool. The beginning of one hard drive participating in the pool (no raidz) was incidentally overwritten.. by me. I’m glad I noticed the mixup and cancelled dd, but still 60MB was gone. I spent a few evenings analysing and fixing the MBR, partition table and… Read More »