From nobody Fri May 8 15:46:54 2026 X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4gBtlp4xpzz6cXZb for ; Fri, 08 May 2026 15:47:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lysfjord.daniel@smokepit.net) Received: from smtp-out.smokepit.net (smtp-out.smokepit.net [65.109.7.147]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (prime256v1) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature ECDSA (prime256v1) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp-out.smokepit.net", Issuer "E7" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4gBtlp1bCWz3CxK for ; Fri, 08 May 2026 15:47:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lysfjord.daniel@smokepit.net) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from 50d44339.bb.online.no ([80.212.67.57] helo=smokepit.net) by smtp-out.smokepit.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.98.2) (envelope-from ) id 1wLNPk-00000000IHs-0Gql; Fri, 08 May 2026 15:46:55 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=smokepit.net; s=loke; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:Message-ID: References:In-Reply-To:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:MIME-Version:Reply-To: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID; bh=UpDoPzuqKVPHMFMUark3ULDm5qRZIfM4j3saTgGOGPk=; b=zBtrxD2/0CeG45Tds0OWdsbBqD 6EFhJ7urOBBIMUutd/Xa1ZPAvFYMsLVVWDwIcgACBBWYFuoc5lYJgeHvcchC44M080+9jv59NB2qV JFghbRxkDlToWXO2ll38YsVi2dF+WsqyMBLQPeCjWXipvU/eynph6yA5N7AlspDavToI=; Received: from httpd.lan.smokepit.net ([10.0.3.114] helo=webmail.smokepit.net) by smokepit.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.98.2 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1wLNPi-000000004VX-1NCw; Fri, 08 May 2026 17:46:54 +0200 List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Owner: Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Fri, 08 May 2026 17:46:54 +0200 From: Daniel Lysfjord To: linuxblood Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" Subject: Re: Unable to boot after update from within auto-admin In-Reply-To: References: <-jWXlivnnS6JzOLtgdKgTjey5u550bHgIug6b2nMu8bxryJ5eNyXIQkpWZZ-q0Jbs8ndjWl0O521ZbDfIneWs2g0rquBziWMWrZqDBUiusY=@proton.me> Message-ID: X-Sender: lysfjord.daniel@smokepit.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:24940, ipnet:65.109.0.0/16, country:DE] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4gBtlp1bCWz3CxK X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated 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 > 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?