I need help

[Jairus44]

Updated to 11.2 u5 from 11.1 u7 and was running fine power down machine to move into different location fired server back up and freezes on boot

 

[melloa]

BAU questions:

- Server specs?
- Did you save config before upgrade?

 

[Jairus44]

I5 2400 8g of ram 3 3tb and yes I did have it config before updating

 

[melloa]

I did have it config before updating

Question was if you've saved the config file. That is a best practice when upgrading your server. Do some search on the forum and refer to the manual for more information.

If you have it running before, there is a good chance you can access the previous installed environment, if you wish.

Turn the server on and when the FreeNAS boot appears, press the space bar to pause the boot. You will see four options. Option 4 says: Select Boot Environment - press 4 to activate it.

On the next screen you will have a list of previous envioronments, select the previous one before upgrade and you should be back. Below the ones from my server:

 

[Jairus44]

Ok thanks I will try that today and get back with u

 

[gandrew]

Don't know about you but that helped me. Thanks it worked mcdvoice

 

[melloa]

Don't know about you but that helped me. Thanks it worked

Excellent.

 

[Jairus44]

Well it's working but not i upgraded from 11.1 u7 to 11.2 u5 and that option is not listed it looks like for what ever reason my setup dose not like 11.2 for what ever reason

 

[Jairus44]

Now it's in a boot loop just keeps starting over

 

[melloa]

Now it's in a boot loop just keeps starting over

I do believe you will need to reinstall, import your pool, and start over. I'd do it with the previous version you were running, to ensure ZFS compatibility. You can find all of them here.

Also keep in mind your configuration is bare minimum and probably not following the recommended hardware. So that might be the root cause of your troubles.

 

[Jairus44]

Ok thank you that's what I will do