After applying the previous patch, apply this patch to show recovery instructions when root pool detection fails. Also the description has been improved.
This could be very useful guiding people to fix failed root pool detection. --- util/grub-mkconfig.in | 17 +++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/util/grub-mkconfig.in b/util/grub-mkconfig.in index 04f8a11e6..2c3958ae1 100644 --- a/util/grub-mkconfig.in +++ b/util/grub-mkconfig.in @@ -291,8 +291,21 @@ if test "x${grub_cfg}" != "x" ; then if test "x${GRUB_FS}" = "xzfs" ; then if grep -q "grub_root_pool_detection_failed" ${grub_cfg}.new ; then gettext_printf "Root pool detection failed! -You must specify correct pool name with GRUB_ZFS_ALT_RPOOL -and run the command again. Otherwise system will not boot." >&2 +You must specify pool name detection command with GRUB_ZFS_ALT_RPOOL +and run the command again. Otherwise system will not boot. + +Possible detection commands: + +with zdb + if + zdb -l %s | grep -E '[[:blank:]]name' | cut -d\\\' -f 2 + returns root pool name, then try set + export GRUB_ZFS_ALT_RPOOL=\"zdb -l \\\${GRUB_DEVICE} | grep -E '[[:blank:]]name' | cut -d\\\' -f 2\" +with blkid + if + blkid -s LABEL -o value %s + returns root pool name, then try set + export export GRUB_ZFS_ALT_RPOOL='blkid -s LABEL -o value \${GRUB_DEVICE}'" "${GRUB_DEVICE}" "${GRUB_DEVICE}" >&2 echo >&2 exit 1 fi -- 2.30.0 _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel