How to install ZFS on OSX Leopard 10.5.3 (in HD)
June 15, 2008
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You migh already know this… but Leopard retail include support for ZFS. Unfortunatly this support is only for read access. During the last WWDC 2008 conference it was mentioned that Snow Leopard would introduce Read/Write support for ZFS in the server version.
I decided that I needed to look at ZFS a little bit more and went looking on how to install ZFS on Leopard 10.5.3. What I had not realized was that it would not be as easy at it may sound.
You might remember that late in 2007 Apple released a beta build of ZFS on ADC. Since then the ZFS beta application sort of went missing and no recent updates where published.
Trying to install the last version of ZFS beta from ADC will result in the inability to install it due to issues between the installer and Leopard 10.5.3 (it is broken since 10.5.1).
I tracked down more recent build of ZFS for OSX at Max OS Forge. One of the project over there is ZFS and interested individuals can download the latest binaries from the site.
I decided to record a quick howto install ZFS on Leopard in 720p HD glory. You can watch the SD version below or you can follow the link to the HD version. You can even download the original h.264 movie if you want.
I will be writing follow up tutorials on what to do with ZFS on Leopard, what work and what does not.
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