voyager529
Dabbler
- Joined
- Jul 27, 2011
- Messages
- 36
Hey everyone,
Having seen the enthusiasm about the 9.3 release, in conjunction with my complete lack of issues upgrading to a Beta release in the past, I did a 9.3 upgrade yesterday. The NAS never came back up, and when I got home, it had a screen full of "#" signs. I rebooted again, and it started putting those signs again.
I rebooted and hit 'F2' when I had the three-option menu of "FREENAS/FREENAS/PXE". This one loaded 9.2.1.8 properly. Jails came up, core services started (nginx/proftpd/smbd, etc.), rainbows and unicorns all around.
I got greedy.
I attempted to run the update again on the 'F2' iteration, this time with me staring at the console window. When it rebooted, it said that it updated the database successfully (forgive me; I don't recall the exact syntax), and that it was rebooting again.
When it rebooted, I noticed that it was still using the standard FreeNAS boot screen. I recalled seeing the screenshots indicating that I should have been seeing a GRUB style bootloader, which I never saw. When it attempted to reboot, I again saw an endless number of "#" signs, appearing at approximately one per second, with no other output.
On the bright side, I *do* have a config file lying around, so I'm not completely busted. The fact that the 'F2' loaded my jails and my copy of BT Sync that lives in a dataset, so I'm of the persuasion that my volume is just fine.
Thus, I pose the following questions:
1.) Is there any value to the community for data to be extracted? If so, what data would be of value (assuming I can gather it)?
2.) From what I gather, the pecking order for recovery is:
a.) install FreeNAS.
b.) import the volume.
c.) import the config file
Is this accurate?
3.) Will the config files ensure that my jails are remounted, or will I be doing that from scratch?
Thanks!
Joey
Specs:
AMD Phenom X3
Asus motherboard (don't remember the model; I'll look tonight if it's relevant)
8GB 1600MHz Crucial RAM, non-ECC (I know...)
5xToshiba 3TB 7200RPM hard disks, RAIDz2
Intel E1000 PCIe NIC
Microcenter branded 8GB USB flash drive
PCI IDE/SATA host bus adapter (only for IDE DVD-ROM)
Having seen the enthusiasm about the 9.3 release, in conjunction with my complete lack of issues upgrading to a Beta release in the past, I did a 9.3 upgrade yesterday. The NAS never came back up, and when I got home, it had a screen full of "#" signs. I rebooted again, and it started putting those signs again.
I rebooted and hit 'F2' when I had the three-option menu of "FREENAS/FREENAS/PXE". This one loaded 9.2.1.8 properly. Jails came up, core services started (nginx/proftpd/smbd, etc.), rainbows and unicorns all around.
I got greedy.
I attempted to run the update again on the 'F2' iteration, this time with me staring at the console window. When it rebooted, it said that it updated the database successfully (forgive me; I don't recall the exact syntax), and that it was rebooting again.
When it rebooted, I noticed that it was still using the standard FreeNAS boot screen. I recalled seeing the screenshots indicating that I should have been seeing a GRUB style bootloader, which I never saw. When it attempted to reboot, I again saw an endless number of "#" signs, appearing at approximately one per second, with no other output.
On the bright side, I *do* have a config file lying around, so I'm not completely busted. The fact that the 'F2' loaded my jails and my copy of BT Sync that lives in a dataset, so I'm of the persuasion that my volume is just fine.
Thus, I pose the following questions:
1.) Is there any value to the community for data to be extracted? If so, what data would be of value (assuming I can gather it)?
2.) From what I gather, the pecking order for recovery is:
a.) install FreeNAS.
b.) import the volume.
c.) import the config file
Is this accurate?
3.) Will the config files ensure that my jails are remounted, or will I be doing that from scratch?
Thanks!
Joey
Specs:
AMD Phenom X3
Asus motherboard (don't remember the model; I'll look tonight if it's relevant)
8GB 1600MHz Crucial RAM, non-ECC (I know...)
5xToshiba 3TB 7200RPM hard disks, RAIDz2
Intel E1000 PCIe NIC
Microcenter branded 8GB USB flash drive
PCI IDE/SATA host bus adapter (only for IDE DVD-ROM)