From nobody Fri May 8 16:10:50 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 4gBvHR2dsCz6cZV9 for ; Fri, 08 May 2026 16:10:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from linuxblood@proton.me) Received: from mail-24431.protonmail.ch (mail-24431.protonmail.ch [109.224.244.31]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "protonmail.com", Issuer "R13" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4gBvHQ5t73z3Jc7 for ; Fri, 08 May 2026 16:10:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from linuxblood@proton.me) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=proton.me; s=e4mqlplc4ra45ngbvp4o5ahn5m.protonmail; t=1778256654; x=1778515854; bh=pDz/4f3b0f/t7+copOzbwcksL3C1kUUH+4XVYvmMmKA=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID: Message-ID:BIMI-Selector; b=aNEANM7NMhAkqd1qpOVuaT5c72ho4/FrC30BmOYswkBkPz3SnCu/qzmOC2DZ/Gpe4 /QiLDw9TwFPBtVEnbWXRxSVIVuHdkw3U/UgToqIeJ1knqE7h2zvvcpcnfY0BSJueSI ZhnyxMHgqdpdsihZX1ZhdJcBZGWG/+d0rKR851JTJl2rp9fSyYJC2ZvgH/WyLic+/d axqzjOknOv9YxW4UfXuij24577uk0OTQOYATCCF9B288kUcSeyeCOqbDycgpCJQ8R9 /OP5Ou7NirU83PnGo2v82j0ktAujxEZrvk7qkt38dfGxelXsCZcAWReeTQG0VypD5S XGxDbmqpri6rg== Date: Fri, 08 May 2026 16:10:50 +0000 To: Daniel Lysfjord From: linuxblood Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" Subject: Re: Unable to boot after update from within auto-admin Message-ID: <6IVgJNMIknqqGdEOPhNxfIxEqLfdeyyK3Hx4Tmmw78xlgx7coYvFILVby4aefq2bQ6ep7VIdl787IaHoUhJEXWG5iRAVKLg0ZpvwQfGwFFs=@proton.me> In-Reply-To: <5f88b5f5e25c7fca7c5f3af2e74ab070@smokepit.net> References: <-jWXlivnnS6JzOLtgdKgTjey5u550bHgIug6b2nMu8bxryJ5eNyXIQkpWZZ-q0Jbs8ndjWl0O521ZbDfIneWs2g0rquBziWMWrZqDBUiusY=@proton.me> <5f88b5f5e25c7fca7c5f3af2e74ab070@smokepit.net> Feedback-ID: 189999937:user:proton X-Pm-Message-ID: 4ebfa6177c3e8da96626e2ded5aaa2aec311fae6 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:62371, ipnet:109.224.244.0/24, country:CH] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4gBvHQ5t73z3Jc7 X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated Thanks, I will try your suggestion! It may be some hours before I get back = to you here, but I will. Thank you. On Friday, May 8th, 2026 at 4:05 PM, Daniel Lysfjord wrote: > Since you managed to boot into the LiveDVD, and found your disk, you're > half way there:) >=20 > you can start by trying to import the zfs pool: >=20 > zpool import -a -N -o readonly=3Don > # "-a": Import all, "-N": no mount, "-o readonly=3Don": read-only >=20 > You mentioned encryption? Is it zfs encryption? If so, you also need the > argument "-l" when importing >=20 > It may or may not like that, but it usually tells you if it finds > something interesting. >=20 > Mind you, I have no machines without UEFI, so, I probably can't help all > that much, but.. this gives you an indication if something is very > wrong. >=20 > If you manage to import the pool, you can start mounting filesystems > from the pool (zfs mount ....), and have a look at the logs for what you > did.. I have no idea what auto-admin might've done, neither have I ever > used it.