Hello all,
I wanted to try out fangtooth over christmas and found a bug, that was probably already introduced on 24.10.
System: see my signature for details
Steps to reproduce:
- write .iso of either TrueNAS SCALE version 24.10.1 or version 25.04.0 to USB stick with balenaEtcher
- boot from USB stick
- select Install/Upgrade
- select previous “boot-pool” HDD as destination (sdg3)
- message “Formatting disk sdg”, then error
[0%] Warning: unable to wipe ZFS label from sdg3: The ZFS modules cannot be auto-loaded. Try running "modprobe zfs" as root to manually load them.
- popup box shows
Installation Error: Command zpool create -f -o ashift=12 -o cachefile=none -o compatibility=grub2 -O acltype=off -O canmount=off -O compression=on -O devices=off -O mountpoint=none -O...
- going to shell as root and trying “modprobe zfs” gives another error
modprobe: FATAL: Module zfs not found in directory /lib/modules/6.6.32-production+truenas
- “ls” shows that the installer does have a directory /lib/modules/6.12.5-production+truenas, but not /lib/modules/6.6.32-production+truenas
- “dmesg” shows that the actual kernel loaded is “Linux version 6.6.32-production+truenas …”
So, essentially the live system boots a 6.6.32 kernel, which then fails to auto-load modules because the matching modules cannot be found. Somewhere in the .ISO there must be a mismatch of kernel versions. Or maybe the 6.6.32 kernel image slipped onto the image.
These work-arounds helped me to mitigate:
- using .update files to update (as I discovered this file in the .ISO
) - using 24.04 installer to downgrade, then use .update to get back to 24.10.1
It would still be good to have this fixed in the installer. I’ll try to figure out jira and report the bug over there as well… (for version 24.10.1)