Re: Unable to boot after update from within auto-admin

linuxblood <[email protected]> Fri, 08 May 2026 16:10:50 +0000
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Thanks, I will try your suggestion! It may be some hours before I get back to you here, but I will. Thank you.

On Friday, May 8th, 2026 at 4:05 PM, Daniel Lysfjord <[email protected]> wrote:
> Since you managed to boot into the LiveDVD, and found your disk, you're
> half way there:)
> 
> you can start by trying to import the zfs pool:
> 
> zpool import -a -N -o readonly=on
> # "-a": Import all, "-N": no mount, "-o readonly=on": read-only
> 
> You mentioned encryption? Is it zfs encryption? If so, you also need the
> argument "-l" when importing
> 
> It may or may not like that, but it usually tells you if it finds
> something interesting.
> 
> Mind you, I have no machines without UEFI, so, I probably can't help all
> that much, but.. this gives you an indication if something is very
> wrong.
> 
> If you manage to import the pool, you can start mounting filesystems
> from the pool (zfs mount ....), and have a look at the logs for what you
> did.. I have no idea what auto-admin might've done, neither have I ever
> used it.