ZFS exec format error [solved]

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deathraccoon · Post by **deathraccoon** » Sat Dec 12, 2015 4:56 am

Hi,

I am experimenting with ZFS, and everything was going fine until I booted the system, and the zpool faIlt to import. I did
modprobe zfs
and received the following error: exec format error The initramfs was built with zfs support and I tried to remerge the zfs package to no avail. I am stuck and locked out of my data. Any suggestions?

Keruskerfuerst · Post by **Keruskerfuerst** » Sat Dec 12, 2015 7:15 am

Some more information would be useful.

Buffoon · Post by **Buffoon** » Sat Dec 12, 2015 11:46 am

error: exec format error

You get this error when kernel and module do not match. Did you upgrade your kernel and forgot to upgrade initrd?

mrbassie · Post by **mrbassie** » Sat Dec 12, 2015 6:21 pm

If you update or reconfigure your kernel you need to re-emerge zfs-kmod and the spl, then rebuild your initramfs.
I've also had issues with any kernel newer than 4.0.9.

deathraccoon · Post by **deathraccoon** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 6:42 pm

thanks you . it seems upgrading zfs fixed the problem.