ZPool not mounting at boot

Liam Proven lproven at gmail.com
Sat Feb 13 13:02:43 UTC 2021


On Sat, 13 Feb 2021 at 09:38, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users
<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 13 Feb 2021 01:45:59 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
> >On investigation, the zpool is not mounting. I can do it manually with
> >zpool import vol0 but I should not need this.
>
> "Warning: Do not run zpool import pool! This will import your pools
> using /dev/sd? which will lead to problems the next time you rearrange
> your drives. This may be as simple as rebooting with a USB drive left
> in the machine." -
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ZFS#Importing_a_pool_created_by_id

Interesting. I think I did originally build it using /dev/sd? entries;
I can't remember now.

> "Your boot time can be significantly impacted if you update your
> intitramfs (eg when doing a kernel update)

This takes ages anyway, as it must recompile the ZFS modules for the new kernel.

>  when you have additional but
> non-permanently attached pools

I have no additional pools at all.

But worth knowing -- thank you.

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