6100 Failed eMMC replaced with NVme but now no longer reboots
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Hello Steve
We tried both a second hand Intel Optane 16GB M10 and Kioxia 256GB NVME as these all we had with ether B or M+B keyed.
Both of these boot and don't reboot.
Also got a new Transcend 128GB M+B Key which doesn't get detected at all.
The errors do seem exactly like in that ticket.
To me it feels like the device is waiting for the eMMC to sync but it never does due to it being corrupted and gets stuck in a loop.
Thanks
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Hmm, well I've tested those 16G Optane drives and never seen an issue with them.
It still boots fine from a full power cycle though?
Does it ever show anything from the BIOS/blinkboot at reboot?
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A andrew_cb referenced this topic
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Correct, power cycling the unit will make it boot correctly but reboot just shows the output above. I left it for 24 hours just to see if it would eventually restart, but it stays on uhub0: detached
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Hmm, well that Optane drive really should work. I have two here that I've used in several devices without issue.
Possibly the reboot issue is due to the eMMC as you say. Though it's hard to see why.
Does it show the eMMC present in the boot logs when it does boot?
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It does on one unit, you can see the eMMC showing up but trying to gpart to delete any partitions causes an a IO/error.
On the other unit the eMMC doesn't show up at all even in the bootmenu and both are acting the same when it comes to rebooting with it just stopping and not restarting the unit. If you Reroot instead of reboot it does restart fine but then this isn't a full restart.
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Do either halt correctly? With the led switching the slow orange flash?
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When halting the system the orange light stays on when the output reads:
Netgate pfSense Plus is now shutting down ... net.inet.carp.allow: 0 -> 0 pflog0: promiscuous mode disabled Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `vnlru' to stop... done Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `syncer' to stop... Syncing disks, vnodes remaining... 0 0 done All buffers synced. Uptime: 1m26s ix3: link state changed to DOWN ix3: link state changed to UP uhub0: detachedThis is similar to when you reboot, the lights depend on when the system reaches uhub0: detached. If they are on then they stay in that state or off.
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If it halts correctly you should see only the green-circle LED fixed orange.
The other thing you can check are the internal diagnostic LEDs on the board next to the SIM slots. After correctly halting they should show only
V3P3AandHOST_SHD_FLASHlit.It seems like it might actually be hanging at shutdown not at boot. Which would explain why it boots fine after a hard reset.
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Leds on halt are V3PA and HOST_SHD_FLASH
Status LEDS are just a single orange solid and no flashing:
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Hmm, it is shutting down correctly there then. Or at least appears to be.
Does it boot back from there if you power it up by pressing the PWR button?
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No activity when trying to restart by pressing the power button. Just stays in the current state.
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Hmm, that is odd. Momentary press? 1s press? 3s press? All of them?
