Recovery Shell

Common Commands

zfsbootmenu | zbm

Launch the interactive boot environment menu.

zfs-chroot dataset

Enter a chroot of the specified boot environment. The boot environment is mounted read/write if the zpool is imported read/write.

zkexec dataset kernel initramfs

Directly kexec a kernel and initramfs from a boot environment, allowing any kernel and initramfs to be loaded into memory and immediately booted.

zsnapshots dataset

Access the snapshot browser for a dataset, allowing cloning and rollback operations to be initiated.

zreport

List ZFS module, pool and dataset details for bug reports.

zbmcmdline

Show the aggregated commandline from /etc/cmdline, /etc/cmdline.d/ and /proc/cmdline.

set_rw_pool pool

Export, then re-import the pool read/write.

set_ro_pool pool

Export, then re-import the pool read-only.

mount_zfs dataset

Mount the filesystem at a unique location and print the mount point.

mount_efivarfs mode

Mount or remount efivarfs as read-write or read-only.

help

View the online help system.

logs

View warning/error/debug logs.