Describe the bug
I did create few days ago a System state with a 'space' in the name : "pool/ROOT/ubuntu_u7dn3s@Stable Plex"
server:~$ zsysctl show
Name: rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_u7dn3s
ZSys: true
Last Used: current
History:
- Name: rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_u7dn3s@autozsys_ceqh6a
Created on: 2020-10-16 06:49:59
- Name: rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_u7dn3s@autozsys_ahzb7l
Created on: 2020-10-15 06:40:13
- Name: rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_u7dn3s@autozsys_a00j2k
Created on: 2020-10-08 06:46:34
- Name: rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_u7dn3s@autozsys_b7t6lj
Created on: 2020-10-07 06:20:00
- Name: rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_u7dn3s@Stable Plex
Created on: 2020-10-03 19:18:18
- Name: rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_u7dn3s@autozsys_a81mbp
Created on: 2020-10-03 17:58:19
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I found myself in the impossibility to boot the server few days after as the Grub menu had only the UEFI entry in it. No more entries for current kernel or zsys history.
server:~$ cat /boot/grub/grub.cfg
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### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###
menuentry 'UEFI Firmware Settings' $menuentry_id_option 'uefi-firmware' {
fwsetup
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
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After chrooting into the server, I tried to rebuild the menu with update-grub and got a weird error message on ignoring datasets:
server:~$ update-grub
Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub'
Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub.d/init-select.cfg'
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: vmlinuz-5.4.0-48-generic in rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_25bi0j
Found initrd image: initrd.img-5.4.0-48-generic in rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_25bi0j
Found linux image: vmlinuz-5.4.0-42-generic in rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_25bi0j
Found initrd image: initrd.img-5.4.0-42-generic in rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_25bi0j
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Found initrd image: initrd.img-5.4.0-42-generic in rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_u7dn3s@autozsys_a81mbp
Warning: Failed to find a valid directory 'etc' for dataset 'rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_u7dn3s@Stable'. Ignoring
Warning: Ignoring rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_u7dn3s@Stable
filesystem 'Plex' cannot be mounted, unable to open the dataset
Adding boot menu entry for UEFI Firmware Settings
done
As a result the grub.cfg file was letf with only the UEFI entry.
To solve this issue, I had to delete the problematic state and reran update-grub. I then was back to normal.
server:~$ zsysctl state remove 'Stable Plex' --system
ZSys is adding automatic system snapshot to GRUB menu
server:~$ update-grub
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server:~$ cat /boot/grub/grub.cfg
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menuentry '* Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS, with Linux 5.4.0-48-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os ${menuentry_id_option} 'gnulinux-rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_u7dn3s-5.4.0-48-generic' {
recordfail
load_video
insmod gzio
if [ "${grub_platform}" = xen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
insmod part_gpt
insmod zfs
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 9976c549b4d44f87
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 9976c549b4d44f87
fi
echo Loading Linux 5.4.0-48-generic ...
linux /BOOT/ubuntu_u7dn3s@/vmlinuz-5.4.0-48-generic root=ZFS=rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_u7dn3s ro recovery nomodeset dis_ucode_ldr
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /BOOT/ubuntu_u7dn3s@/initrd.img-5.4.0-48-generic
}
}
submenu 'History for Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS' ${menuentry_id_option} 'gnulinux-history-rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_u7dn3s' {
submenu 'Revert to 10/16/2020 @ 06:49' ${menuentry_id_option} 'gnulinux-history-rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_u7dn3s@autozsys_ceqh6a' {
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To Reproduce
Create a system state with a 'space' in the name
Run update-grub and check the warning message at the end of the process
Check /boot/grub/grub.cfg file for missing Grub menu entries
Expected behavior
A grub.cfg file with all necessary menu entries.
zsysctl should forbid to create state with space in name or zsys update-grub helper should be able to handle states' names with spaces in it.
For ubuntu users, please run and copy the following:
Describe the bug I did create few days ago a System state with a 'space' in the name : "pool/ROOT/ubuntu_u7dn3s@Stable Plex"
I found myself in the impossibility to boot the server few days after as the Grub menu had only the UEFI entry in it. No more entries for current kernel or zsys history.
After chrooting into the server, I tried to rebuild the menu with update-grub and got a weird error message on ignoring datasets:
As a result the grub.cfg file was letf with only the UEFI entry.
To Reproduce
Expected behavior A grub.cfg file with all necessary menu entries. zsysctl should forbid to create state with space in name or zsys update-grub helper should be able to handle states' names with spaces in it.
For ubuntu users, please run and copy the following:
ubuntu-bug zsys --save=/tmp/report
/tmp/report
content:Installed versions:
/etc/os-release
)zsysctl version
output)Additional context It's a Ubuntu Server flavor, booting on ZFS with Zsys and installed with the following procedure: https://openzfs.github.io