Merge pull request 'Unmount leftover chroot bind mounts before zpool export' (#42) from worktree-baremetal-emergency-access into main

Reviewed-on: #42
2026-07-22 04:10:08 +00:00
parent 1f8bf8c852 9bb626327f
commit 400af07154
1 changed files with 15 additions and 0 deletions
@@ -179,6 +179,21 @@ nixos-install \
    # makes boot stall waiting on the ZFS import. Exporting here (a no-op
    # if the chosen host has no ZFS root, e.g. proxmox-*/linode-*) clears
    # that in-use state so the next import, from any hostid, succeeds.
    #
    # nixos-install bind-mounts /dev, /proc, /sys (and usually /run) into
    # /mnt to run the target's activation script (switch-to-configuration
    # boot) in a chroot, and doesn't unmount them again once it's done.
    # Left in place, those nested mounts make ZFS refuse to unmount its own
    # root dataset at /mnt -- confirmed live: zpool export failed with
    # "cannot unmount '/mnt': pool or dataset busy", and because of this
    # script's `set -e`, that killed the script before it ever reached
    # reboot, silently defeating the whole point of exporting first.
    for chroot_mount in dev proc sys run; do
        if mountpoint -q "/mnt/${chroot_mount}"; then
            umount -R "/mnt/${chroot_mount}"
        fi
    done
    if [[ -n "$(zpool list -H -o name 2>/dev/null)" ]]; then
        echo "Exporting ZFS pool(s) before reboot..."
        zpool export -a