Tag: error

  • ZFS on Ubuntu error: Failed to load ZFS module stack

    ZFS on Ubuntu error: Failed to load ZFS module stack

      If you see the above error in a fresh installation of ZFS on Ubuntu one cause may be that the package build-essentials wasn’t installed prior to installing the ubuntu-zfs package; run:   sudo apt-get purge ubuntu-zfs   then check for the remaining packages with the following:   dpkg –list | grep zfs   …and…

  • Asus motherboard BIOS update error: CAP file not recognised EFI bios!

      If you see the above error – and you’re selecting what you’re sure is the proper CAP file – chances are you’re trying to use a USB disk formatted to NTFS rather than FAT32. Frustratingly, the error message for a corrupt/non-CAP file is the same as the error message you get when you’re trying…

  • esxcli: Update/patch produces “Could not download from depot” error

    In ESXi 5.1 you can patch using the following command:   esxcli software vib install -d /path/to/patch.zip   If you’re getting the following result (using ESXi510-20121001.zip as an example):    [MetadataDownloadError] Could not download from depot at zip:/var/log/vmware/ESXi510-201210001.zip?index.xml, skipping ((‘zip:/var/log/vmware/ESXi510-201210001.zip?index.xml’, ”, “Error extracting index.xml from /var/log/vmware/ESXi510-201210001.zip: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: ‘/var/log/vmware/ESXi510-201210001.zip’”)) url…