On Fri, May 04, 2018 at 06:38:32PM +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > Yes, Debian has the packages "zfs-linux" and "spl-linux" which provide > various binary packages you can install for getting ZFS support in your > kernel. ZFS does support sparc64, of course. Although ZFS upstream introduced > support for something called "channels" and I think this particular wasn't > matured on sparc64. > > Also, since zfs-linux is part of Debian's contrib distribution, you would > have to build the package from source yourself. I can help you with that > either way.
Ahh, okay. That's what I didn't know yet. I saw that there was an available zfs-fuse and installed that, since I didn't see a kernel ZFS. I started considering how I might manage if I didn't have a "everything is in ZFS" system which is what I'm used to. Then next step was "ask for help". > So, first you should go ahead and install your machine with Debian's > sparc64 port. Then I'll let you know how to proceed with getting ZFS > set up. Got that. A couple months ago, and just brought it back online. Should I reinstall it, upgrade it, or just start where I am? Looks like a late-Feb build is what got installed. And I'm definately an old hand with building and installing OSes. Been doing it that way for 20+ years. :-) Thanks for your assitance! - Chris