Thanks all for your assistance in recent weeks. After the zfs-linux update I was able to get zfs built, and all of the work on grub and partition/install that I've been following on the list gets me to a point to ask for my next steps.
I have a T5120 currently running on sdd, and want to install a fresh debian on ZFS datasets on sda through sdc. I want to install a fresh OS onto those zvols. How much of that process is built into just running the debian installer, and how much will I need to manually set up? I assume I need to create the zfs volumes, which I'm comfortable doing. (First, does anyone know if booting from RAIDZ works, or if I need to use ZFS mirror (as I did on FreeBSD)? After that is there a "install everything" process, or a set of steps I need to take one at a time to install pieces, set up disks for booting, and/or other things. Thanks! - Chris