Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2020 16:07:47 -0600 From: Bob Willcox <bob@immure.com> To: questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ran gpart bootcode ... now system won't boot Message-ID: <20201106220747.GC22730@rancor.immure.com> In-Reply-To: <20201106203524.GB22730@rancor.immure.com> References: <20201106203524.GB22730@rancor.immure.com>
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On Fri, Nov 06, 2020 at 02:35:25PM -0600, Bob Willcox wrote: > Hi All, > > I believe I just hosed up one of my systems to the point that it no longer can boot. > I updated my zroot zfs pool following an uprade of the system from 12.1-stable to > 12.2-stable. When I did the 'zpool upgrad zroot' it prompted me to run this command: > > gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ada0 > > So, I adjusted the command to be this since my root is on an nvme drive: > > gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 nvd0 > > That ran ok (no errors) however when I now try to boot the system it drops into > BIOS claiming that there is no boot disk. > > So, can anyone tell me what I did wrong here and how can I recover from it? > > Thanks in advance, > Bob I noticed that I likely used the wrong index value, 1, when I ran the command as I doubt that that is correct for my drive. I'm not sure since I haven't been able to boot the system from a thumb drive yet (work getting in the way), but will be doing that. Is it likely that updating the wrong partion (wrond index) would cause the BIOS to not find a boot drive? Thanks, Bob > > -- > Bob Willcox | It's possible that the whole purpose of your life is to > bob@immure.com | serve as a warning to others. > Austin, TX | > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Bob Willcox | It's possible that the whole purpose of your life is to bob@immure.com | serve as a warning to others. Austin, TX |
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