Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2021 13:39:10 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 254062] loader dies when /boot is missing, even if live backups exist Message-ID: <bug-254062-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=254062 Bug ID: 254062 Summary: loader dies when /boot is missing, even if live backups exist Product: Base System Version: 13.0-STABLE Hardware: amd64 URL: https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/boot-directory-dele ted-how-to-recover-with-zfs-backups.79181/ OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Only Me Priority: --- Component: bin Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: m.bueker@berlin.de Steps to reproduce: 1. Create a beadm(1) backup (or manual clone) of a zfs root+boot dataset 2. Delete the /boot directory in the live system 3. Reboot Result: the loader dies (because /boot/lua/loader.lua doesn't exist). It is, however, possible to recover in this situation with the following commands: 1. set currdev=zfs:zroot/ROOT/backup: 2. include /boot/lua/loader.lua (See a full description here: https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/boot-directory-deleted-how-to-recover-with-zfs-backups.79181/ ) Instead of dying instantly, the loader might try finding a valid /boot directory on another dataset (e.g. siblings to zroot/ROOT/default) and offer (or try) to load from them. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.help
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