Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 21:44:39 -0400 From: William Dudley <wfdudley@gmail.com> To: Rick Miller <vrwmiller@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: HELP upgrade 10.3 to 11.2, now it won't boot! Message-ID: <CAFsnNZJhm6%2BM2NodyRf-RacVrBGfnvefyAEjLJMSrpshE7sx%2BQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAHzLAVGjK0X=KK2D-ST3iwBVyL1533PhJueG_Z95RcReEq4=bw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAFsnNZLG3dUyG54qq_WUpLXAYQWSyWkyLET9EGHO1%2Bvy=p67FQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAHzLAVFNpa4WjVQSwqJJ9q9V0S8b5qBCDVbLjMFNR8Bhi2f89g@mail.gmail.com> <CAHzLAVGjK0X=KK2D-ST3iwBVyL1533PhJueG_Z95RcReEq4=bw@mail.gmail.com>
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It won't boot single user -- Error 19. Bill Dudley This email is free of malware because I run Linux. On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 9:27 PM, Rick Miller <vrwmiller@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 9:24 PM Rick Miller <vrwmiller@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 8:27 PM William Dudley <wfdudley@gmail.com> >> 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: >>> <fstype>:<device> [options] >>> Mount <device> using filesystem <fstype> >>> 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 >
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