Freenas 8 wont boot on django error

[dkou]

Hi,

just tryed to boot my freenas rig but I keep getting the following message in a 30'' interval loop and it wont get pass that...

.....
from django.utils.version import get_svn_revision
ImportError: No module named utils.version
...

out of the blue. How do I get pass that ?

 

[ProtoSD]

It would help if you would provide MORE details, such as your hardware and EXACT version of FreeNAS, such as 8.03 x64, or 8.04 x86.

 

[gcooper]

Hi,

just tryed to boot my freenas rig but I keep getting the following message in a 30'' interval loop and it wont get pass that...

.....
from django.utils.version import get_svn_revision
ImportError: No module named utils.version
...

out of the blue. How do I get pass that ?

Seems like a corrupted install. I would reinstall it and see if things work, but in general, more details like architecture, version/revision of FreeNAS, details about how you got to the failure point noted, etc will help out a lot.

 

[dkou]

It would help if you would provide MORE details, such as your hardware and EXACT version of FreeNAS, such as 8.03 x64, or 8.04 x86.

right, sorry. Its a freenas x86 8.xx... NOT the latest .04 stable (I was going to update actually), running on a usb stick, on an intel 486 with 4 gb ram.

It was running OK a couple of days ago. Today i switched it on and I couldnt find my windows shares so I pluged a monitor in and watched the boot procedure. It boots ok until it reaches that point and goes on a loop with the following....

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FreeBSD/amd64 (taurus.local) (ttyv0)

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/etc/netcli", line 47, in <module>
from django.db import models
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
from django.conf import settings
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 13, in <module>
from django.conf import global_settings
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/conf/global_settings.py", line 387, in <module>
URL_VALIDATOR_USER_AGENT = "Django/%s (http://www.djangoproject.com)" % get_version()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/__init__.py", line 12, in get_version
from django.utils.version import get_svn_revision
ImportError: No module named utils.version

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I would very much appreciate if you would help me...

 

[dkou]

What if i cant fix that and have to reinstall 8.04 on the usb stick ? Will I loose my data on the 4 drives in raid 5 on the previous configuration ?

What is the procedure and steps to install freenas 8.04 on the usb and recover the raid in order to get my data back ?

 

[zyo]

you shouldnt lose any data as long as the harddrive is not physically damaged

Just do a clean install on the usb stick and auto import the volumes.

 

[survive]

Hi dkou,

If you haven't updated and are feeling particularly plucky, when the filer boots you should see a quick "F1, F2" menu right after the bios loads. You could try selecting F2 to boot the "other" partition and see if it comes up.

On a side note: I think it would be handy to have an option to "sync" the partitions in the GUI....that way after a successful upgrade you could bring the "other" partition up to date so you don't run into a problem with a newer config file format if you find youself with a corrupt install.

-Will

 

[dkou]

SOLVED... kinda

Booted the latest 8.04 .iso in vmware and did a usb flash update. Fortunately all worked smoothly and when booted my nas rig from the flash did a db update and complete boot sequence succesfully. 8.04 now, with configuration and data intact. All 4 drives where on a zfs pool actually so I would have been lucky with the auto import feature as well I guess.

Thanks for replying to this thread.

Cheers,

DK

 

[gcooper]

Hi dkou,

...

On a side note: I think it would be handy to have an option to "sync" the partitions in the GUI....that way after a successful upgrade you could bring the "other" partition up to date so you don't run into a problem with a newer config file format if you find youself with a corrupt install.

southdb downgrading needs to be implemented properly. That's what really should be done.

 

[gcooper]

southdb downgrading needs to be implemented properly. That's what really should be done.

And then I realized how painful doing that would be. A better idea has been suggested here: http://support.freenas.org/ticket/1324 .

 

[survive]

Hi gcooper,

Yes, sort of "last known good" config would be a great to have as well. My suggestion is borrowed straight out of the pfsense nanobsd menu which has an option to do as I described.

-Will

 

[gcooper]

Yes, sort of "last known good" config would be a great to have as well. My suggestion is borrowed straight out of the pfsense nanobsd menu which has an option to do as I described.

Sounds good -- I've added the info to the ticket I mentioned before.