[Bug 271384] zfs_load is not suitably documented

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Date: Sat, 13 May 2023 16:53:20 UTC
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=271384

--- Comment #7 from Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@freebsd.org> ---
(In reply to Graham Perrin from comment #5)

> … single user mode 

> … (if I recall correctly) no other pool imported.

True. 

An extract from /var/log/console.log – automated import of the pool named
Transcend (in use before the restart of the system) did not occur until the
exit to multi-user mode: 


…
Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh: # zpool list
NAME     SIZE  ALLOC   FREE  CKPOINT  EXPANDSZ   FRAG    CAP  DEDUP    HEALTH 
ALTROOT
august   912G   720G   192G        -         -    65%    78%  1.00x    ONLINE 
-
# exit
Fast boot: skipping disk checks.
Key file /usr/home/grahamperrin/Documents/personal/VirtualBox.key not found,
empty or unreadable. Skipping Transcend/VirtualBox..
Loading key for Transcend/VirtualBox from
file:///usr/home/grahamperrin/Documents/personal/VirtualBox.key..
Loading kernel modules:
…


<https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/man/7/zpoolprops.7.html#cachefile>

<https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/Project%20and%20Community/FAQ.html#the-etc-zfs-zpool-cache-file>

<https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/basics/#consoles-singleuser> might
be improved, to mention that the cachefile is not used in single user mode (or
words to that effect).

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