Had the same issue. I was unable to import my zpools after a clean install (I did a zpool export before the reinstall).
I'm running the following version of Ubuntu: $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS Release: 16.04 Codename: xenial I'm running the following kernel version: $ uname -a Linux UniServer 4.4.0-62-generic #83-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jan 18 14:09:55 UTC 2017 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux I've edited the file mentioned in post #6, rebooted, ran the commands and tried to check the status of the zpools. They were already imported! Issue solved. Thank you Michael T. for your post! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1654708 Title: Trying to reinstall ZFS on Xenial. Cannot mount existing zpool with identifier from /mnt/disk/by-id/xxxx To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zfs-linux/+bug/1654708/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
