Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2021 18:12:10 +0000 From: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Busted FreeBSD VM ZFS can't find boot block Message-ID: <c43f2190-d3b8-86eb-6142-67a862bb5cd5@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CADy1Ce4hv-nUP4K-xyTvnQ%2BHsiFgkWp6LPCjYtGFfPHmMytaPQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CADy1Ce4hv-nUP4K-xyTvnQ%2BHsiFgkWp6LPCjYtGFfPHmMytaPQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 31/10/2021 14:45, Kurt Buff wrote: > All, > > I'm running a FreeBSD 12.2 VM in VMware Workstation Pro under Windows. > > My Windows machine froze, and I couldn't recover except with a hard power > off. > > The FreeBSD VM is now complaining, emitting the following lines: > > ZFS: i/o error - all block copies unavailable > ZFS: can't read MOS object directory > ZFS: can't find root filesystem > gptzfsboot: failed to mount default pool zroot > > FreeBSD/x86 boot > ZFS: i/o error - all block copies unavailable > ZFS: can't find dataset u > Default: zroot/<0x0>: > boot: > > I've done a fair amount of STFW, but I'm not seeing how to recover from > this - most of the entries I've found are about performing upgrades of > various sorts.. > > Can anyone point me to a doco that can help me recover? > > I have booted the VM from the bootonly livecd option, but am at a loss as > to how to proceed. > > Thanks, > Kurt First: are you certain that the underlying storage and file system are still OK, at the Windows level?
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