FreeNAS Boot-loops after installing update

[MD656]

Hello All,

I am having an issue after installing update base-os-9.3.1-STABLE-42a76e8-dc0354b-6b89ca8. The upgrade processes OK, and reboots. During the bootup phase, it panics and boot loops. Rolling back the update and selecting a previous boot environment works fine. Here is my hardware config:

USB Boot: SanDisk Cruzer Fit CZ33 16GB USB 2.0 Low-Profile Flash Drive- SDCZ33-016G-B35

Mobo/CPU: ASRock Intel Avoton C2750 2.4GHz/DDR3/SATA3/V&2GbE/Mini-ITX Motherboard and CPU Combo C2750D4I

Memory: 32GB DDR3/DDR3L-1600MT/s (PC3-12800) DR x8 ECC UDIMMs

Hard Drives: 6x3TB RAIDZ1, 2x120GB SSD l2arc/zil

I have scrubbed the USB, my dataset, and deleted all previous boot environments (other then my current
base-os-9.3.1-STABLE-e3dfc97-93c5885-6b89ca8). Nothing really seems to work so far.

No BIOS updates are available for the board either.


I have attached a screenshot from the IPMI video I took while it attempts to boot. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[m0nkey_]

Sounds like a failed update. If you have a spare USB to boot from, I suggest grabbing a copy of your config, install the latest stable to said drive, import your pool and restore your config.

 

[MD656]

I tried with no luck sadly. Also tried a different, non-USB 3.0 port with no luck.

 

[Ericloewe]

Does a fresh install of the latest version work if you don't upload the old config?

 

[MD656]

No good. Installed on new USB drive. Attempted to update first before uploading config. Same panic after attempting to start ntpd from the looks of it.

 

[m0nkey_]

Can you confirm exactly what build you were updating to? Was it 9.3.1-STABLE-201511020249? If so, you may have one of these bugs:

• https://bugs.freenas.org/issues/12139
• https://bugs.freenas.org/issues/12135

 

[MD656]

Its definitely 9.3.1-STABLE-201511020249. Just attempted to upgrade again to check. Looking at issue 12135, I am pretty sure I am effected by it. Looks like I will be waiting on 201509282017 for now until a fix is found.

https://bugs.freenas.org/issues/12135

 

[YpsiNine]

I just upgraded and was unable to boot. It would just loop and spam TONS of text on the screen. I had no choice but to install fresh (yet again) an older version. It is definitely something with this latest release.

 

[m0nkey_]

It seems this bug has been fixed. To apply, just boot with the previous environment from Grub and re-apply the update.

 

[MD656]

That worked! Thanks for the update.