archiso-zfs VS memtest86plus

DKMS is the best option if you really want to keep up with Arch updates and if you're experienced with Linux (for instance you know how to fix your system from the archiso if needed -- for ZFS you'll need to manually load the zfs module from the archiso; this script is very helpful).

Make an EFI boot partition of maybe 200MB using your favorite distro iso and make a zpool on a second partition of the remaining space followed by a single dataset on that zpool named root at the minimum with normalization=formD, compression=lz4 or zstd and optional encryption flags and install your rootfs to that. I've found this process is easiest using the Archlinux ISO and this github project to get zfs in the archiso environment.

The script available there: https://github.com/eoli3n/archiso-zfs makes it extremely easy to add ZFS support to any Arch ISO after it has booted. You can copy any standard ISO to a USB drive, boot off it, then run `curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eoli3n/archiso-zfs/master/... | bash` and you'll have ZFS support in a few seconds, without having anything to worry about.

With Arch there is an easy way to get the iso to read ZFS with a simple script, it is a bit of a no no unless you verify the script before using it. https://github.com/eoli3n/archiso-zfs

My own experience is with ZFS, first on Arch Linux (using the excellent https://github.com/eoli3n/archiso-zfs). I learned a lot doing that and modifying the scripts to my liking.

You can load zfs modules in the archiso with: https://github.com/eoli3n/archiso-zfs

Because zfs isn't part of the mainline kernel -- you need to add the appropriate packages during the install process -- meaning you need to either boot from a standard Arch ISO install disk and then download the packages as explained here: https://github.com/eoli3n/archiso-zfs or you need to make a custom arch ISO where you add the zfs packages. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/ZFS#Create_an_Archiso_image_with_ZFS_support. The only issue with creating the custom ArchISO -- you need an actual basic arch installation somewhere to create the disk -- so basically you need a standard Arch installation to create a custom install disk whereby you can install an Arch zfs installation. Here are other good tutorials for this: https://ramsdenj.com/2016/06/23/arch-linux-on-zfs-part-1-embed-zfs-in-archiso.html

Both ZFS updates and pacman breaking are rare enough that I forgot that would happen. Though using this rescue system would work, there's also a group that maintains a script to grab the correct ZFS module for a running archiso, might come in handy for you.

https://github.com/eoli3n/archiso-zfs

You're having a problem due to archiso not updating every time the kernel updates, though you could fix this issue there's also just an easier way. The archzfs repo group has made a tool to grab the correct zfs module for the running kernel, see https://github.com/eoli3n/archiso-zfs

It comes in either a bootable ISO or an EFI file. I'd recommend putting Ventoy on a flash drive and loading either the EFI file (listed as "Binary Files" on the page) or "Linux ISO w/ Grub" versions from that. This will wipe the flash drive, but you can just drag and drop ISOs or whatever into a folder and boot them without something like Rufus or Etcher. It's quite nice to have on hand either way for things like reinstalling Windows or booting tools.

I've been having some weird issues such as Discord restarting itself and browser tabs crashing randomly. Originally I thought I was having some issue with Electron related programs, but the more I Google the more I see "test the ram" so I finally did. For context, my hesitation on testing ram is I haven't had a game crash or act weird once, outside of normal Linux things (Pop!_OS), it's just been browsers and Discord. Anyway I downloaded memtest86, the ISO version from here and flashed to USB using Popsicle. I got these results.

Memtest86+ to check your RAM. A tutorial here.

You might want to check for memory problems. You can create a bootable thumbdrive with the memtest86+ installer at https://memtest.org/

What I would do is create a bootable thumbdrive with Memtest86+ installed. You can read about it and find the download link at (https://memtest.org) . What you'll be downloading is the program to install memtest86+ on a thumbdrive.

That's good advice, especially when having many issues. RAM can be finicky (due to official specs, platform it's targeted for and timings) I usually test new ram configurations using an USB stick with memtest86+ on it (free from memtest.org). Some 7000 series CPU's seems to have trouble running RAM at 6000, and even though 6000 seems to be the norm, it is considered overclocking and the official specs are:

Additional step is to boot Memtest86+ and see whether the system behaves as expected. Is the status of the different memory slots reported correctly?

Check if the cooling is not clogged up with dust, check if the PSU is rated comfortably above what your CPU and grfx card are supposed to draw. You can also check if you have bad Ram with this. For stresstesing your system you can use this.

Sounds like a hardware fault. Run a memtest. If that passes without errors, your motherboard might be dieing.