Hangs during boot at "Failed to start Import ZFS pool zfu" help!

C-Fu

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Hi,

I can't seem to boot after creating a zfs pool of 5 drives after rebooting for the first time. I remembered adding the pool at /zfs as a directory (to add CT images and ISOs and all) but it's basically empty. Don't mind destroying and recreating the pool if it means I can reboot and not reinstall proxmox again.

Can't attach any logs since the system hangs during boot.

Cheers and thanks!
 

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Without more logs it's not possible to find the cause of this.
*The system should either boot-up - or offer you to enter the rescue shell - in both cases - check the journal (journalctl -b) for the reason of the failed import (usually the failed import would not cause the system not to boot up)

on a hunch - I'd suggest to add a root-delay to the kernel command line to give the system more time to enumerate all disks:
https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/ZFS:_Tips_and_Tricks#Boot_fails_and_goes_into_busybox (search for rootdelay)

I hope this helps!
 
Without more logs it's not possible to find the cause of this.
*The system should either boot-up - or offer you to enter the rescue shell - in both cases - check the journal (journalctl -b) for the reason of the failed import (usually the failed import would not cause the system not to boot up)

on a hunch - I'd suggest to add a root-delay to the kernel command line to give the system more time to enumerate all disks:
https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/ZFS:_Tips_and_Tricks#Boot_fails_and_goes_into_busybox (search for rootdelay)

I hope this helps!
Thanks, gonna try it later! But isn't there a way to disable ZFS? And no there's no way for me to get the logs because it hangs right there and keyboard light shuts off immediately.

Edit: ok seems like kernel 5.4.73 -1-pve works. 5.4.106-1-pve is the one that hangs. But power goes out automatically with .73 in ~30 secs after the login prompt. Not sure why.
 
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