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    pfsense booting from /boot/kernel/kernel after update from 2.6.0 to 2.7.0

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      shimano
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      Hello guys, i have a problem with my pfsense, after updating lasting night from 2.6.0 to 2.7.0 the machina is a boot loop, the boot lopp is so fast i actually had to film with 240fps camera to see what the error message is, so upon viewing the movie i found out that pfsense is trying to boot from /boot/kernel/kernel so i pressed 3 key and manually put boot /boot/kernel and its working fine, the update has finishing and everything is working great on 2.7.0 but if i reboot the machine it will boot loop again and try to boot from /boot/kernel/kernel instead of /boot/kernel. Is there any file i have to modify so i don't have to manually put the kernel location on each boot ? or any option to fix this ? Thank you !

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        shimano @shimano
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        Anybody ?

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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          /boot/kernel/kernel should be correct.

          Check /boot/defaults/loader.conf which is where the default values are set. Otherwise check /boot/loader.con or /boot/loader.conf.local for anything overriding that.

          Steve

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            shimano @stephenw10
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            @stephenw10 said in pfsense booting from /boot/kernel/kernel after update from 2.6.0 to 2.7.0:

            /boot/kernel/kernel should be correct.

            Check /boot/defaults/loader.conf which is where the default values are set. Otherwise check /boot/loader.con or /boot/loader.conf.local for anything overriding that.

            Steve

            Hello, thanks for the help, the ideea is my kernel is not in /boot/kernel/kernel anymore :( it only works if i boot from /boot/kernel, how can i fix so my kernel boots from /boot/kernel/kernel the default location ? after the update in order to start my machine i have to stop boot sequence and manually boot from /boot/kernel otherwise it goes a boot loop

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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              You can copy the kernel from /boot to /boot/kernel. It's odd to find the kernel in /boot directly though.

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                shimano @stephenw10
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                @stephenw10 Can you help me with a command please ? everything happened after update from 2.6.0. to 2.7.0

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                  At the comand line it would be:

                  cp /boot/kernel /boot/kernel/kernel

                  It still seems odd you'd have it in /boot directly though. Are you sure that's where you're booting from?

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                    shimano @stephenw10
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                    @stephenw10 said in pfsense booting from /boot/kernel/kernel after update from 2.6.0 to 2.7.0:

                    At the comand line it would be:

                    cp /boot/kernel /boot/kernel/kernel

                    It still seems odd you'd have it in /boot directly though. Are you sure that's where you're booting from?

                    Yes 100%, i stop the boot process pressing 3 then i go boot /boot/kernel and my machine boots up,

                    I already tried that command and didn't work this is why i asked for some help copying, i get this:

                    [2.7.0-RELEASE][root@pfSense.shimano.home]/: cp /boot/kernel /boot/kernel/kernel
cp: /boot/kernel is a directory (not copied).
[2.7.0-RELEASE][root@pfSense.shimano.home]/:
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                      shimano @stephenw10
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                      @stephenw10

                      [2.7.0-RELEASE][root@pfSense.shimano.home]/: cp -R /boot/kernel /boot/kernel/kernel
cp: /boot/kernel/kernel: Not a directory

[2.7.0-RELEASE][root@pfSense.shimano.home]/: cp /boot/kernel /boot/kernel/kernel
cp: /boot/kernel is a directory (not copied).
[2.7.0-RELEASE][root@pfSense.shimano.home]/:
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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                        Ok, so it is in the kernel directory. Which is where it's supposed to be. That implies it's not trying to boot from there by default.

                        Looks like it;s actually trying to boot /boot/kernel/kernel/kernel then. What did you find in those files are listed above? Is it referencing that sub kernel folder?

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                          shimano @stephenw10
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                          @stephenw10 said in pfsense booting from /boot/kernel/kernel after update from 2.6.0 to 2.7.0:

                          Ok, so it is in the kernel directory. Which is where it's supposed to be. That implies it's not trying to boot from there by default.

                          Looks like it;s actually trying to boot /boot/kernel/kernel/kernel then. What did you find in those files are listed above? Is it referencing that sub kernel folder?

                          [2.7.0-RELEASE][root@pfSense.shimano.home]/: cat /boot/defaults/loader.conf | grep boot
exec="echo Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf"
kernel="kernel"         # /boot sub-directory containing kernel and modules
bootfile="kernel"       # Kernel name (possibly absolute path)
loader_conf_files="/boot/device.hints /boot/loader.conf /boot/loader.conf.local"
loader_conf_dirs="/boot/loader.conf.d"
nextboot_conf="/boot/nextboot.conf"
# See rc.conf(5). The entropy_boot_file config variable must agree with the
                                        # cached entropy at boot time
entropy_cache_name="/boot/entropy"      # Set this to the name of the file
entropy_cache_type="boot_entropy_cache" # Required for the kernel to find
                                        # the boot-time entropy cache. This
ram_blacklist_name="/boot/blacklist.txt" # Set this to the name of the file
                                        # microcode update file during boot.
cpu_microcode_name="/boot/firmware/ucode.bin" # Set this to the microcode
acpi_dsdt_name="/boot/acpi_dsdt.aml"
#mdroot_type="md_image"         # Create md(4) disk at boot.
#mdroot_name="/boot/root.img"   # Path to a file containing the image.
#autoboot_delay="10"            # Delay in seconds before autobooting,
#password=""                    # Prevent changes to boot options
#bootlock_password=""           # Prevent booting (see check-password.4th(8))
bootenv_autolist="YES"          # Auto populate the list of ZFS Boot Environments
#beastie_disable="NO"           # Turn the beastie boot menu on and off
#kernels="kernel kernel.old"    # Kernels to display in the boot menu
kernels_autodetect="YES"        # Auto-detect kernel directories in /boot
module_path="/boot/modules;/boot/dtb;/boot/dtb/overlays"        # Set the module search path
#dumpdev="disk1s1b"             # Set a dump device early in the boot process
# The following boot_ variables are enabled by setting them to any value.
# effect as setting the given boot flag (see boot(8)).
#boot_askname=""        # -a: Prompt the user for the name of the root device
#boot_cdrom=""          # -C: Attempt to mount root file system from CD-ROM
#boot_ddb=""            # -d: Instructs the kernel to start in the DDB debugger
#boot_dfltroot=""       # -r: Use the statically configured root file system
#boot_gdb=""            # -g: Selects gdb-remote mode for the kernel debugger
#boot_multicons=""      # -D: Use multiple consoles
#boot_mute=""           # -m: Mute the console
#boot_pause=""          # -p: Pause after each line during device probing
#boot_serial=""         # -h: Use serial console
#boot_single=""         # -s: Start system in single-user mode
#boot_verbose=""        # -v: Causes extra debugging information to be printed
#kern.cam.boot_delay="10000"    # Delay (in ms) of root mount for CAM bus

                          [2.7.0-RELEASE][root@pfSense.shimano.home]/: cat /boot/loader.conf
                          kern.cam.boot_delay=10000
                          kern.ipc.nmbclusters="1000000"
                          kern.ipc.nmbjumbop="524288"
                          kern.ipc.nmbjumbo9="524288"
                          kern.geom.label.disk_ident.enable="0"
                          kern.geom.label.gptid.enable="0"
                          zfs_load="YES"
                          hw.pci.honor_msi_blacklist="0"
                          kernel=kernel
                          boot_multicons="YES"
                          boot_serial="YES"
                          console="comconsole,efi"
                          comconsole_speed="115200"
                          autoboot_delay="3"
                          hw.hn.vf_transparent="0"
                          hw.hn.use_if_start="1"
                          net.link.ifqmaxlen="128"

                          [2.7.0-RELEASE][root@pfSense.shimano.home]/: cat /boot/loader.conf.local
cat: /boot/loader.conf.local: No such file or directory

                          Nothing i could find to change at least for my knowledge, are all the settings correct ?

                          I also try to manually boot /boot/kernel/kernel and it dose reboot only /boot/kernel works

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                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @shimano
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                            @shimano said in pfsense booting from /boot/kernel/kernel after update from 2.6.0 to 2.7.0:

                            kernel=kernel

                            Hmm, that's not expected in loader.conf. Did you add it? Try commenting or removing that line from there.

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                              shimano @stephenw10
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                              @stephenw10 said in pfsense booting from /boot/kernel/kernel after update from 2.6.0 to 2.7.0:

                              @shimano said in pfsense booting from /boot/kernel/kernel after update from 2.6.0 to 2.7.0:

                              kernel=kernel

                              Hmm, that's not expected in loader.conf. Did you add it? Try commenting or removing that line from there.

                              [2.7.0-RELEASE][root@pfSense.shimano.home]/root: cat /boot/loader.conf
kern.cam.boot_delay=10000
kern.ipc.nmbclusters="1000000"
kern.ipc.nmbjumbop="524288"
kern.ipc.nmbjumbo9="524288"
kern.geom.label.disk_ident.enable="0"
kern.geom.label.gptid.enable="0"
zfs_load="YES"
hw.pci.honor_msi_blacklist="0"
#kernel=kernel
b:oot_multicons="YES"
boot_multicons="YES"
boot_serial="YES"
console="comconsole,efi"
comconsole_speed="115200"
autoboot_delay="3"
hw.hn.vf_transparent="0"
hw.hn.use_if_start="1"
net.link.ifqmaxlen="128"

                              I tried to comment the line but still didn't work, i also put a picture on how i manage to boot.

                              WhatsApp Image 2023-07-26 at 03.19.34.jpg

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                              • stephenw10S
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                If you type show at the loader prompt you can see what values it's trying to use.

                                How does it fail if you try to boot /boot/kernel/kernel ?

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                                  shimano @stephenw10
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                                  @stephenw10 said in pfsense booting from /boot/kernel/kernel after update from 2.6.0 to 2.7.0:

                                  If you type show at the loader prompt you can see what values it's trying to use.

                                  How does it fail if you try to boot /boot/kernel/kernel ?

                                  It starts to boot and instantly reboots hanging in a boot loop

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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                    Ok, well check the output of show to see what it's trying to use.

                                    You might consider just installing 2.7 clean and restoring the config though.

                                    Steve

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                                      shimano @stephenw10
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                                      @stephenw10 said in pfsense booting from /boot/kernel/kernel after update from 2.6.0 to 2.7.0:

                                      Ok, well check the output of show to see what it's trying to use.

                                      You might consider just installing 2.7 clean and restoring the config though.

                                      Steve

                                      Seems its the only solution

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