[Bug 2070013] Re: dracut does not support booting from a ZFS volume

[Benjamin Drung]

Upstream bug: https://github.com/dracut-ng/dracut-ng/issues/343

** Bug watch added: github.com/dracut-ng/dracut-ng/issues #343
   https://github.com/dracut-ng/dracut-ng/issues/343

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Title:
  dracut does not support booting from a ZFS volume

Status in dracut package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Dracut does not support booting from a ZFS volume. Steps to reproduce:

  1. In a VM install Ubuntu 24.10 with ZFS
  2. Install dracut afterwards
  3. Add rd.shell to the boot arguments
  4. Reboot

  The boot will fail:

  ```
  dracut: FATAL: Don't know how to handle 'root=ZFS=rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_m9ls9k'
  dracut: Refusing to continue
  ```

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.10
  Package: dracut-core 102-3ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-31.31-generic 6.8.1
  Uname: Linux 6.8.0-31-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs
  ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Fri Jun 21 09:35:42 2024
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-06-20 (1 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.10 "Oracular Oriole" - Daily amd64 (20240617)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   TERM=xterm-256color
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
  SourcePackage: dracut
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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