ODROID N2+: Cannot install ZFS

[Nicola Zilio]

Dear all,

 

I am trying to install ZFS on my ODROID N2+ without success. I am sure this question has been asked before, but I don't think the answers I found are still relevant, unfortunately.

 

Linux odroid 6.6.47-current-meson64 #3 SMP PREEMPT Mon Aug 19 04:04:32 UTC 2024 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux

 

BOARD=odroidn2
BOARD_NAME="Odroid N2"
BOARDFAMILY=meson-g12b
BUILD_REPOSITORY_URL=https://github.com/armbian/build
BUILD_REPOSITORY_COMMIT=89476e86f
LINUXFAMILY=meson64
ARCH=arm64
BOOT_SOC=
IMAGE_TYPE=stable
BOARD_TYPE=conf
INITRD_ARCH=arm64
KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE=Image
KERNEL_TARGET=current,edge
KERNEL_TEST_TARGET=current
FORCE_BOOTSCRIPT_UPDATE=yes
FORCE_UBOOT_UPDATE=
OVERLAYDIR="/boot/dtb/amlogic/overlay"
VENDOR="Armbian"
VENDORDOCS="https://docs.armbian.com"
VENDORURL="https://www.armbian.com"
VENDORSUPPORT="https://forum.armbian.com"
VENDORBUGS="https://www.armbian.com/bugs"
BOOTSCRIPT_FORCE_UPDATE="yes"
BOOTSCRIPT_DST="boot.cmd"
VERSION=24.8.4
REVISION=24.8.4
BRANCH=current

 

Using armbian-config, I installed the kernel headers, and also the full firmware for good measure. After restarting the board, I run `apt install zfs-dkms zfsutils-linux`, but I get 

 

Preparing to unpack .../zfsutils-linux_2.2.6-0arter97~ubuntu22.04.1_arm64.deb ...
Unpacking zfsutils-linux (2.2.6-0arter97~ubuntu22.04.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package zfs-dkms.
Preparing to unpack .../zfs-dkms_2.2.6-0arter97~ubuntu22.04.1_all.deb ...
Unpacking zfs-dkms (2.2.6-0arter97~ubuntu22.04.1) ...
Setting up zfsutils-linux (2.2.6-0arter97~ubuntu22.04.1) ...
modprobe: FATAL: Module zfs not found in directory /lib/modules/6.6.47-current-meson64

 

Trying to create a pool raises this error

 

zpool create wdred_zpool raidz2 x y z
The ZFS modules cannot be auto-loaded.
Try running 'modprobe zfs' as root to manually load them.

 

modprobe zfs
modprobe: FATAL: Module zfs not found in directory /lib/modules/6.6.47-current-meson64

 

Any ideas?

 

Thank you in advance.

 

Edited Sunday at 12:21 PM by Nicola Zilio

[Igor]

6 hours ago, Nicola Zilio said:

Any ideas?

 

If you only shows symptoms but not providing logs, we are in the dark. Perhaps headers install was not successful ? Or who knows what ...

 

armbianmonitor -u 

 

[Nicola Zilio]

Hi @Igor,

 

Thank you for following up on this!

 

In the end, coincidentally I think, I managed to get it to work. I saw that a new armbian package was available via apt. I installed it, and because it included kernel 6.6.61-current-meson64, I saw that when this was being built, one of the steps was to write the headers for ZFS. I restarted my board, and now ZFS works.