FreeNAS won't boot after Latest 11.1-U4 updates

[perryb]

I just ran updates from my FreeNAS GUI and on reboot, my machine wont boot. Need help, I've attached a screenshot showing the boot fail. Any help at all is much appreciated, I can no long access my files.

Thanks

 

[dlavigne]

Looks like the boot device failed. Reinstall to a new stick and restore your config.

 

[perryb]

Arrgh... Thanks, I'll do that, but this will be about the 5th USB I've replaced since moving to 11.x. I wonder if there's something else causing the USB drives to fails.

 

[wblock]

Consider switching to an SSD as a boot device. It will save time and money in the long run. Or maybe the short run in this case.

 

[nojohnny101]

Arrgh... Thanks, I'll do that, but this will be about the 5th USB I've replaced since moving to 11.x. I wonder if there's something else causing the USB drives to fails.

This is more common then you'd think. I've had this happen at least twice. I finally bought cheap and used (but quality) SSDs for my boot drives from eBay and haven't looked back since. This was on my backup box because it is offsite and I didn't want to deal with the hassle of going off-site to fix broken boot-drives.

In my main box I'm still using usb drives, but just so I can burn through the USB drives I had already stockpiled in anticipation of them failing. It's really a shot in the dark as the current mirrored pair has been going without issues for over a year (knock on wood).