FreeNAS 8 + VMWare + ZFS Problems

[Vycor]

So im trying out FreeNAS 8.0.3 in a VMWare environment (using VMWare Workstation 8) before i start buying hardware/etc.. I've never played with it before so this is my first time.

I have the OS installed and its running fine in VMWare (yay), but im having some issues.

What I created was 4 1GB SCSI virtual drives (da0 through da3) and i wanted to try creating a ZFS volume out of them.

But everytime I do, an error shows up at the top of the screen then disapears that reads:

MiddlewareError: Unable to GPT format the disk

I can create a UFS volume but not a ZFS.

Any ideas on whats going on? Im assuming I can test this in a virtual environment but not having much luck with ZFS. I can make a RAID0/1/3 in UFS but can't get ZFS going.

 

[Vycor]

Update: Problem Solved. I had 1GB sized disks. After reading another thread, i made them 10GB and it works fine now.