USB recovery problems on SG1100

garyd

My trouble began with a botched upgrade from 23.05.1 to 23.09. I was able to find and boot back to 23.05.1 but found that power cycle would still try to load the broken 23.09. So I decided to "run usbrecovery" and that worked partially the first time but now I can't seem to get the USB image to load:

>> FreeBSD EFI boot block
   Loader path: /boot/loader.efi

   Initializing modules: ZFS UFS
   Load Path: /\armada-3720-sg1100.dtb
   Probing 1 block devices...not supported
 done
    ZFS found no pools
    UFS found no partitions
Failed to load '/boot/loader.efi'
panic: No bootable partitions found!
## Application terminated, r = 1

Please help as I am offline and can't wait to have another one shipped to me. Here is my boot env:

baudrate=115200
boot_file=efi/boot/bootaa64.efi
bootcmd=run emmcboot; run scsiboot; run net;
bootdelay=2
console=console=ttyMV0,115200 earlycon=ar3700_uart,0xd0012000
dtb=armada-3720-sg1100.dtb
dtb_name=armada-3720-netgate-1100.dtb
dtb_name_old=armada-3720-sg1100.dtb
efi_8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c_OsIndicationsSupported={ro,boot}(blob)0000000000000000
efi_cfee69ad-a0de-47a9-93a8-f63106f8ae99_Boot1Path={boot,run}(blob)2f005c00610072006d006100640061002d0033003700320030002d007300670031003100300030002e006400740062000000
emmcboot=mmc rescan; setenv loaddev mmc; setenv loadunit 1; if fatls $loaddev $loadunit:2 /; then run pfsenseboot; fi;
eth1addr=00:51:82:11:22:01
eth2addr=00:51:82:11:22:02
eth3addr=00:51:82:11:22:03
ethact=neta@30000
ethaddr=f0:ad:4e:0b:46:e8
ethprime=eth0
fdt_addr=0x4f00000
fdt_addr_r=0x6f00000
fdt_high=0xffffffffffffffff
fdt_name=fdt.dtb
fdtaddr=6f00000
fdtcontroladdr=3f62d490
fileaddr=6f00000
filesize=4666
gatewayip=10.4.50.254
get_images=tftpboot $kernel_addr $image_name; tftpboot $fdt_addr $fdt_name; run get_ramfs
get_ramfs=if test "${ramfs_name}" != "-"; then setenv ramfs_addr 0x8000000; tftpboot $ramfs_addr $ramfs_name; else setenv ramfs_addr -;fi
hostname=marvell
image_name=Image
initrd_addr=0xa00000
initrd_size=0x2000000
ipaddr=0.0.0.0
kernel_addr=0x7000000
kernel_addr_r=0x7000000
loadaddr=0x7000000
loaddev=usb
loadunit=0
net=dhcp; tftp $fdt_addr_r $dtb_name; tftp $kernel_addr_r loader.efi; fdt addr $fdt_addr_r; fdt set / sn $serial; fdt set /soc/internal-regs/ethernet local-mac-address $ethaddr; bootefi $kernel_addr_r $fdt_addr_r;
netdev=eth0
netmask=255.255.255.0
pfsenseboot=if fatls $loaddev $loadunit:2 /armada-3720-netgate-1100.dtb ; then setenv dtb $dtb_name; else setenv dtb $dtb_name_old; fi; load $loaddev $loadunit:1 $kernel_addr_r $boot_file; load $loaddev $loadunit:2 $fdt_addr_r $dtb; fdt addr $fdt_addr_r; fdt set / sn $serial; fdt set /soc/internal-regs/ethernet local-mac-address $ethaddr; bootefi $kernel_addr_r $fdt_addr_r;
ramfs_addr=0x8000000
ramfs_name=-
recovery=run usbboot;
root=root=/dev/nfs rw
rootpath=/srv/nfs/
scsiboot=scsi reset; setenv loaddev scsi; setenv loadunit 0; if fatls $loaddev $loadunit:2 /; then run pfsenseboot; fi;
sdboot=setenv loaddev mmc; setenv loadunit 0; run pfsenseboot;
serial=NTG1926000636
serverip=0.0.0.0
set_bootargs=setenv bootargs $console $root ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname:$netdev:none nfsroot=$serverip:$rootpath $extra_params
stderr=serial@12000
stdin=serial@12000
stdout=serial@12000
usbboot=usb reset; setenv loaddev usb; setenv loadunit 0; if fatls $loaddev $loadunit:2 /; then run pfsenseboot; fi;
usbrecovery=mmc dev 1; mmc erase 0 400000; run usbboot;

SteveITS

@garyd Not sure if it’s the message or mobile formatting but I can’t see what you quoted…? Are you in the middle of a reinstall?
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/solutions/sg-1100/reinstall-pfsense.html
Try the “usb reset” per the note there. Possibly try a different USB stick?

garyd

@SteveITS a brand new USB drive has the same problem:

>> FreeBSD EFI boot block
   Loader path: /boot/loader.efi

   Initializing modules: ZFS UFS
   Load Path: /\armada-3720-sg1100.dtb
   Probing 1 block devices...not supported
 done
    ZFS found no pools
    UFS found no partitions
Failed to load '/boot/loader.efi'
panic: No bootable partitions found!
## Application terminated, r = 1

stephenw10

What image are you using on the USB stick?

Please show all the console output from run usbrecovery to where it stops.

Try using the other USB port.

Steve