Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Fri, 28 Apr 2023 09:40:23 +0200
From:      Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz>
To:        Dave Cottlehuber <dch@skunkwerks.at>, stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: etcupdate created empty files = system unbootable
Message-ID:  <0db3bbf1-9e98-d721-c734-fdfe2483cbf0@quip.cz>
In-Reply-To: <bae5d97b-42af-48a6-abf8-ff88ac19c62e@app.fastmail.com>
References:  <312ae63f-4fab-e194-c603-a85fd11f6edd@quip.cz> <bae5d97b-42af-48a6-abf8-ff88ac19c62e@app.fastmail.com>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 28/04/2023 08:30, Dave Cottlehuber wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Apr 2023, at 11:21, Miroslav Lachman wrote:

>> After this I updated bootcode with gpart and rebooted the machine but it
>> does not come up, cannot login via ssh. Accessing this remote machine
>> with remote mamagement / IPMI was a nightmare. It took me almost 5 hours
>> because of java etc. but it's a different story.
>>
>> The machine in question is all ZFS based.
> 
> Ouch. I don’t wish java remote console on anybody. I have heard a very small number of vaguely similar complaints but nothing concrete.
> 
> Do you still have the zfs snapshot this was upgraded from? It would be good to know if this issue is reproducible, and even better to work out what’s happening.
> 
> Please log a PR for this issue

yes, I have Boot Environment created before system upgrade (I always 
create BE before system or pkg upgrades) and there are automatic 
snapshot from cron.

Should I try to clone it and reproduce it again?

I will file a PR today.

Kind regards
Miroslav Lachman




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?0db3bbf1-9e98-d721-c734-fdfe2483cbf0>