Failed to start import ZFS pools by device scanning

the first time I installed Manjaro KDE Plasma using a USB and I hade no problems. but now whenever I boot into the usb I get this message

what is it? and what does it mean ? is it possible to fix without reinstalling ?
the system is working I have no problems with it . so should I be concerned ?

System:    Kernel: 5.8.6-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.8-x86_64 root=UUID=3eb6f3ad-5767-4869-8316-44365a52609e rw quiet 
           apparmor=1 security=apparmor resume=UUID=3b69790b-e216-4ce0-ac38-d2f4d8d718f8 udev.log_priority=3 
           Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.19.5 tk: Qt 5.15.0 wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20RW v: Lenovo ThinkBook 15-IML serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 
           serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: LENOVO model: LVA/LVAB v: NO DPK serial: <filter> UEFI: LENOVO v: CJCN29WW date: 06/19/2020 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT1 charge: 41.6 Wh condition: 44.5/45.0 Wh (99%) volts: 12.7/11.5 model: Celxpert L19C3PF1 
           type: Li-poly serial: <filter> status: Discharging cycles: 26 
Memory:    RAM: total: 3.36 GiB used: 1.55 GiB (46.0%) 
           RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:       Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-10210U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Kaby Lake family: 6 
           model-id: 8E (142) stepping: C (12) microcode: D6 L2 cache: 6144 KiB bogomips: 33615 
           Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 400/4200 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 
           8: 800 
           Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art avx avx2 bmi1 
           bmi2 bts clflush clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb 
           ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp 
           hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ibrs_enhanced ida intel_pt invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx 
           monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni 
           popcnt pse pse36 pts rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smap smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 
           stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave 
           xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
           Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
           Type: mds status: Not affected 
           Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling 
           Type: srbds mitigation: TSX disabled 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:9b41 
           Device-2: Acer SunplusIT Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus ID: 1-6:3 chip ID: 5986:2113 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.8 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: intel display ID: :0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2") s-diag: 582mm (22.9") 
           Monitor-1: eDP1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 143 size: 340x190mm (13.4x7.5") diag: 389mm (15.3") 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (CML GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.1.7 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci 
           bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:02c8 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.8.6-1-MANJARO 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Lenovo driver: r8169 v: kernel 
           port: 3000 bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8168 
           IF: enp1s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Realtek vendor: Lenovo driver: rtw_8822ce v: N/A modules: rtw88_8822ce port: 2000 bus ID: 02:00.0 
           chip ID: 10ec:c82f 
           IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
           IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global broadcast: <filter> 
           IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link 
           WAN IP: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 10.45 GiB (1.1%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: MQ04ABF100 size: 931.51 GiB block size: physical: 4096 B 
           logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: 5400 rpm serial: <filter> rev: 0E scheme: GPT 
           Message: No Optical or Floppy data was found. 
RAID:      Message: No RAID data was found. 
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 923.83 GiB size: 908.32 GiB (98.32%) used: 10.45 GiB (1.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 
           label: N/A uuid: 3eb6f3ad-5767-4869-8316-44365a52609e 
           ID-2: /boot/efi raw size: 300.0 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) used: 280 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 
           label: N/A uuid: 120B-E6B6 
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache pressure: 100 (default) 
           ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 7.39 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda3 label: N/A 
           uuid: 3b69790b-e216-4ce0-ac38-d2f4d8d718f8 
Unmounted: Message: No unmounted partitions found. 
USB:       Hub: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 12 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 1d6b:0002 
           Device-1: 1-5:2 info: Shenzhen Goodix Goodix FingerPrint Device type: <vendor specific> driver: N/A 
           interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 27c6:55a4 
           Device-2: 1-6:3 info: Acer SunplusIT Integrated Camera type: Video driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 
           speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 5986:2113 
           Device-3: 1-10:4 info: Realtek Bluetooth Radio type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 1.0 
           speed: 12 Mb/s chip ID: 0bda:c02f serial: <filter> 
           Hub: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 6 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s chip ID: 1d6b:0003 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:      Processes: 221 Uptime: 3h 03m Init: systemd v: 246 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 Packages: pacman: 1196 lib: 321 
           flatpak: 0 Shell: Bash v: 5.0.18 running in: konsole inxi: 3.1.05

Those are harmless failures of services which are looking for ZFS file systems on your machine.
The services are enabled on the ISO you booted from usb to be able to use such filesystems.

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thank you :v:

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