From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Sep 12 01:27:15 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D77310A4FBB for ; Wed, 12 Sep 2018 01:27:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vrwmiller@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ua1-x930.google.com (mail-ua1-x930.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::930]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DD5CC93358 for ; Wed, 12 Sep 2018 01:27:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vrwmiller@gmail.com) Received: by mail-ua1-x930.google.com with SMTP id r15-v6so274444uao.1 for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2018 18:27:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=pUl8pD3Wcuy6ijW1Ensg3/twsCKOARDcYKQJuogaNdU=; b=UJpkavn2QHh5tArNiQe8mRC90wfpsWzMPhgQJm4rQ+BE0BRgwQ8HHZtEHFzjOK21iV VouCxS3dyEsezdqKhk4UYQixbzPZvqnQwhXoFzYOqzAQH8o0d4W1yqamWxgxtGAISbrj G9yb1ji5enjA4kx9Kj4JC7c21wpLi6pfVbpiB5OEg7+1AzP8Iz6Q/p2UH7sM+8TVeL5m JCdfnql5eLRhNMTYBj6m2y9LVAkb57GHdzmhjVaGnJhFMXCUrKKbzUKH1PXZeKu1tUd9 M3BO8PnTM/DA5dzpBShsszcE5KOGh0gC2kMJ7MoawKfkmk3vflKY5l6dRCq1fr85QgZj TNYw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=pUl8pD3Wcuy6ijW1Ensg3/twsCKOARDcYKQJuogaNdU=; b=cSICw5fVOo1gZOPhxWn/QC+IrJK3TaSz6iWs1W0qRF+GroEVH5AOiaNPNKsO99nm3U osGC94gJIxv4CLGFrOLPk6nL7slTu3uxDXCzE/Iv/pxCz784CnTR1KBvHQhoEElMBiF1 WqF0nYSyN/iUvX+7BRJB7FjELmq6TKUbIui5GZ2Qf65H9gg2C0wg+fVC8ykVo7g6XhHb UtAdLNVNm2chrEGBWYaA7Hht3835uAyFyLvcRabjEzKrGlYIJYOgmVIUXwe+NyaM63Uu VzQjoHgMF9C2c58melcNm45hxhz4J0HoDK9iG2Bk/eNAKAKJqkTJE0OgJY4vY/5+TZ/J 4Ebg== X-Gm-Message-State: APzg51AABBOHwnOzzP0/9NM45EiqMIb6Eb652s8M0OWao7/1JnU2BIkf O3i5PqCH0n0vyuHXPzZqRhQbhY0qoGMkYgPCmQA2rg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ANB0Vdb572vrPiE2EbG8jEgb0v7re8LO8lpSbeNDQbeyt81fLrREypxH08xB7m1MiE76cFyrUYGOfJojz0mgSv0IgOM= X-Received: by 2002:a9f:3110:: with SMTP id m16-v6mr10244034uab.48.1536715634231; Tue, 11 Sep 2018 18:27:14 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Rick Miller Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 21:27:04 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: HELP upgrade 10.3 to 11.2, now it won't boot! To: wfdudley@gmail.com Cc: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.27 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 01:27:15 -0000 On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 9:24 PM Rick Miller wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 8:27 PM William Dudley wrote: > >> I started the upgrade from 10.3 to 11.2. >> >> I followed all the instructions and all "looked OK" until I got to >> the reboot. >> >> Now the system won't boot. >> >> copied from a photo of the screen: >> >> Mounting from ufs:/dev/ad01e failed with error 19. >> >> (something)dev variables: >> (something)ufs.root.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/ad0s1e >> (something)ufs.root.mountfrom.options=rw >> >> (something)ual root filesystem specification: >> : [options] >> Mount using filesystem >> and with the specified (optional) option list. >> >> e.g. ufs:/dev/da0s1a >> zfs:tank >> cd9660:/dev/cd0 r0 >> >> and obviously, more stuff intended to be helpful printed below that. >> > > Ugh! This error is the bane of my existence! AFAIK, mountroot() error 19 > means the root filesystem cannot be found. vfs.root.mountroot, which is > expected to contain the root filesystem, is derived from /etc/fstab unless > explicitly defined in loader(8)*. Theoretically, you can boot to whatever > root filesystem you may have by defining vfs.root.mountfrom at this prompt. > > Entering '?' at this prompt outputs a list of geom managed disk devices. > The root filesystem is expected to be on one of these. > > It's unclear how the upgrade was attempted (e.g. freebsd-update(8) or > source update). I've observed this error most when PXE booting bootonly > media, never during an OS upgrade. > > You may be able to resolve it by booting the system to external media and > mounting the disk with the root filesystem and modifying /etc/fstab. > > * https://twitter.com/hostileadmin/status/1035887403821686784 > Or boot to single user at the beastie menu and attempt the same. -- Rick