Date: Fri, 08 May 2026 17:46:54 +0200 From: Daniel Lysfjord <lysfjord.daniel@smokepit.net> To: linuxblood <linuxblood@proton.me> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Unable to boot after update from within auto-admin Message-ID: <a674de1599b7618ce6a7fb1f806df96c@smokepit.net> In-Reply-To: <H1NGyZ4b9k7LzchPk_nYZo-aPIKfj9salcmZH3VUMeHS5FmH7icoIy1UvXCR5cEd4tc-MRG5mAL-19GzYDUg26GGtlRTlvli5oqMchdjz_8=@proton.me> References: <-jWXlivnnS6JzOLtgdKgTjey5u550bHgIug6b2nMu8bxryJ5eNyXIQkpWZZ-q0Jbs8ndjWl0O521ZbDfIneWs2g0rquBziWMWrZqDBUiusY=@proton.me> <H1NGyZ4b9k7LzchPk_nYZo-aPIKfj9salcmZH3VUMeHS5FmH7icoIy1UvXCR5cEd4tc-MRG5mAL-19GzYDUg26GGtlRTlvli5oqMchdjz_8=@proton.me>
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On 2026-05-08 17:20, linuxblood wrote: > Have I chosen the right mailing list for this question? > On Thursday, May 7th, 2026 at 5:32 AM, linuxblood > <linuxblood@proton.me> wrote: > >> Hi, I'm very new to FreeBSD. >> >> Everything was working fine on my (desktop) system for a few days when >> I received a popup notification from within Openbox that updates were >> ready. I was skeptical so I closed the popup box and it said I could >> run 'auto-admin' at any time. I tried running auto-admin after logging >> out of Openbox and user session, logged in as root, selected the >> update option from the menu, it ran it, I accepted the reboot option, >> and I cannot boot into my system. >> >> I'm running FreeBSD 15, on an old laptop with old BIOS. (from 2010 or >> thereabouts) I'm not compiling software, just using snapshot packages >> as selected during the install. I used the guided disk installer >> option. My system was up-to-date as far as I know prior to this. >> >> Up to this point I'd been updating my system with pkg update then pkg >> upgrade and it's been smooth, but this popup led me to an update >> process in auto-admin which hosed my system. >> >> Here are the error messages at boot, after I enter my encryption pass: >> >> --- >> Can't find /boot/zfsloader >> Can't find /boot/loader >> >> zio_read error: 5 >> zio_read error: 5 >> zfs: i/o error - all block copies unavailable >> zfs: can't read object set for dataset 388 >> zfs: can't open root filesystem >> can't find /boot/kernel/kernel >> >> freebsd/x86 boot >> default:zfs:zroot/ROOT/default:/boot/kernel/kernel >> boot: >> --- >> I searched the web for instructions, and came upon something which I >> tried: >> >> - Boot from FreeBSD 15 LiveDVD >> >> - Choose Single User and login as root >> >> - gpart show >> >> - gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ada0 >> >> (after using gpart show -l and gpart -p to verify freebsd-boot >> location) >> >> It displayed the text that it was written and I rebooted and the >> system still throws up the errors after entering my encryption >> password. >> >> I don't know what else to do at this point other than a complete >> reinstall, which would be a hard lesson to learn as I haven't saved >> any backups of personal files. I didn't expect this would hose my >> system. Was I correct to run the update as suggested via auto-admin >> then reboot? Is this type of popup notification normal? >> >> I'm quite the BSD newbie. I tried to research this and fix it myself >> but.. I failed. >> >> Is there any way to salvage the installation at this point? Have you tried reading the pool from the live-system?home | help
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