Re: Boot freezing after kernel load - root on zfs

On June 22, 2018 10:13:31 PM EDT, Ben Woods <woodsb02_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
>After shutting down to connect a new IP KVM switch (VGA and USB), my
>FreeNAS mini hardware is no longer booting FreeBSD with root in zfs (no
>encryption) - it is getting stuck after the kernel finishes loading and
>it
>tries to mount root and start_init. It just stops printing any more
>output
>to the screen, but I know the keyboard is working as ctrl+alt+delete
>works.
>
>I wonder if this could be due to hard drives names being re-ordered
>(e.g.
>what was ada0 is now ada1). I have 2 SATA3 SSDs in a zfs mirror for
>root
>(showing as ada4 and ada5 during boot), and 4 SATA3 HDDs in a raidz2
>with
>geli for further storage (showing as ada0-3, but these are only mounted
>during rc init - after the point the boot process is getting stuck). I
>have
>no USB storage, although the IP KVM may present a virtual disk for
>loading
>media remotely.
>
>I am running 12-CURRENT, but know the recent upgrade is not the issue
>because I can’t load from the previous boot environment either.
>
>Is anyone able to recommend a fix or a way to troubleshoot further?
>Please
>see below a link with screenshots at the end of the boot where it gets
>stuck.
>
>https://imgur.com/gallery/vhn7ScC
>
>Thanks in advance for any help!
>
>Regards,
>Ben
>
>--
>From: Benjamin Woods
>woodsb02_at_gmail.com
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If you just press shift a bunch of times, does it print the Mount root prompt?
-- 
Allan Jude