ChaosBlades
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I am guessing in the update process it deleted the install and no matter what I select in GRUB I get this error. How do I repair the install?
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SOLVED U3 to U4 FreeNAS no longer boots GRUB Error
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I am guessing in the update process it deleted the install and no matter what I select in GRUB I get this error. How do I repair the install?
ChaosBlades
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Bought a twin pack of 16GB Flash Drives
Installed 9.10.1-U3 fresh with mirror across both drives
Bought UFS Explorer Standard Access for $25
Put bad FreeNAS boot USB on my Windows 10 PC
Used UFS Explorer to copy the 9.10.1-U3 boot environment folder to my desktop
Searched for freenas-v1.db and copied that to desktop
Opened FreeNAS web interface on the fresh install and uploaded the freenas-v1.db via System > General and rebooted
Updated FreeNAS via Web GIU to U4
... and all was well once again
*Used UFS Explorer because old install REFUSED to mount and I had been fighting with it for HOURS, yes I read all the threads on how to do it. Also, FreeNAS installer did not detect the previous install so I could not do an in-place update keeping my configuration.
Seriously UFS Explorer is well worth the $25 for future issues cross file systems. It beats the hell out of using a Virtual Machine or dealing with a crappy command line. Open program drag files over, done. No importing and mounting bullcrap.
Edit: Mods can you tag this as solved. I am not seeing the option.
Installed 9.10.1-U3 fresh with mirror across both drives
Bought UFS Explorer Standard Access for $25
Put bad FreeNAS boot USB on my Windows 10 PC
Used UFS Explorer to copy the 9.10.1-U3 boot environment folder to my desktop
Searched for freenas-v1.db and copied that to desktop
Opened FreeNAS web interface on the fresh install and uploaded the freenas-v1.db via System > General and rebooted
Updated FreeNAS via Web GIU to U4
... and all was well once again
*Used UFS Explorer because old install REFUSED to mount and I had been fighting with it for HOURS, yes I read all the threads on how to do it. Also, FreeNAS installer did not detect the previous install so I could not do an in-place update keeping my configuration.
Seriously UFS Explorer is well worth the $25 for future issues cross file systems. It beats the hell out of using a Virtual Machine or dealing with a crappy command line. Open program drag files over, done. No importing and mounting bullcrap.
Edit: Mods can you tag this as solved. I am not seeing the option.
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This is another reason to ensure you have a copy of your configuration data so you can perform a painless recovery.
This is another reason to ensure you have a copy of your configuration data so you can perform a painless recovery.
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Plugging in the old boot device while FreeNAS is running is also a cheaper way of doing things. The Unix shell is not so bad, really.
Just don't have two different pools named freenas-boot plugged in during boot. Bad things will happen, like FreeBSD 10.3 booting and then loading the FreeNAS 9.3 components instead of the FreeNAS 9.10 components.
Just don't have two different pools named freenas-boot plugged in during boot. Bad things will happen, like FreeBSD 10.3 booting and then loading the FreeNAS 9.3 components instead of the FreeNAS 9.10 components.
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