zfs problems after rebuilding system [SOLVED]

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On 03/03/2018 00:23, Dimitry Andric wrote:
> Indeed.  I have had the following for a few years now, due to USB drives
> with ZFS pools:
> 
> --- /usr/src/etc/rc.d/zfs	2016-11-08 10:21:29.820131000 +0100
> +++ /etc/rc.d/zfs	2016-11-08 12:49:52.971161000 +0100
> @@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
> 
>  zfs_start_main()
>  {
> +	echo "Sleeping for 10 seconds to let USB devices settle..."
> +	sleep 10
>  	zfs mount -va
>  	zfs share -a
>  	if [ ! -r /etc/zfs/exports ]; then
> 
> For some reason, USB3 (xhci) controllers can take a very, very long time
> to correctly attach mass storage devices: I usually see many timeouts
> before they finally get detected.  After that, the devices always work
> just fine, though.
> 
> Whether this is due to some sort of BIOS handover trouble, or due to
> cheap and/or crappy USB-to-SATA bridges (even with brand WD and Seagate
> disks!), I have no idea.  I attempted to debug it at some point, but
> a well-placed "sleep 10" was an acceptable workaround... :)

That fixed it, thank you again :D
-- 
J.