Re: [gentoo-user] problems with installing zfs-kmod under new kernel

[John Covici]

On Wed, 07 Oct 2020 20:48:29 -0400,
Rich Freeman wrote:
>
> On Wed, Oct 7, 2020 at 10:36 AM John Covici <covici@××××××××××.com> wrote:
> >
> > I was on 0.8.4 and it upgraded me to 22.0.0_rc1.  I have not upgraded
> > my pools, so I think I can go back to 0.8.4 or 5.  The kernel I am
> > upgrading is not the running kernel, so would any of this effect my
> >  running kernel which is 4.19.144 -- unfortunately on 2.0.0_rc1, but I
> >  agree maybe I should mask it off and go to 0.8.5.
>
> Yeah, or just stay on 0.8.4.  0.8.5 was only released upstream this
> week.  With my root and multiple TB of data on zfs I really don't want
> to face a restore situation.  I do have backups but it would take days
> to restore everything.
>
> As long as you never ran zpool upgrade you should be able to downgrade
> the version you're running.  That said, anytime I change kernels I
> keep some old ones lying around just in case, including their modules.
Yep, not a bid idea at all, I usually do that as well.

Thanks.

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