["solved"] system boot failure after repeated power outages

pst

Hello,

after several power outages whilst booting my pfSense Plus 24.11 now refuses to successfully boot.

The boot procedure always stops at "Removing vital flag from php83...failed."

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ZFS filesystem version: 5
ZFS storage pool version: features support (5000)
hdacc0: <Realtek ALC662 rev3 HDA CODEC> at cad 0 on hdac0
hdaa0: <Realtek ALC662 rev3 Audio Function Group> at nid 1 on hdacc0
pcm0: <Realtek ALC662 rev3 (Rear Analog)> at nid 20 and 24 on hdaa0
hdacc1: <Intel Kaby Lake HDA CODEC> at cad 2 on hdac0
hdaa1: <Intel Kaby Lake Audio Function Group> at nid 1 on hdacc1
pcm1: <Intel Kaby Lake (HDMI/DP 8ch)> at nid 3 on hdaa1
Trying to mount root from zfs:pfSense/ROOT/default []...
ugen0.1: <Intel XHCI root HUB> at usbus0
uhub0 on usbus0
uhub0: <Intel XHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 3.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus0
uhub0: 18 ports with 18 removable, self powered
Root mount waiting for: usbus0 CAM
ugen0.2: <CPS CP1500EPFCLCD> at usbus0
ugen0.3: <Logitech USB Receiver> at usbus0
ukbd0 on uhub0
ukbd0: <Logitech USB Receiver, class 0/0, rev 2.00/12.10, addr 2> on usbus0
kbd2 at ukbd0
uhid0 on uhub0
uhid0: <Logitech USB Receiver, class 0/0, rev 2.00/12.10, addr 2> on usbus0
Root mount waiting for: CAM
Root mount waiting for: CAM
Root mount waiting for: CAM
Root mount waiting for: CAM
Root mount waiting for: CAM
Root mount waiting for: CAM
Root mount waiting for: CAM
ada0 at ahcich1 bus 0 scbus1 target 0 lun 0
ada0: <KimMiDi TB900 SSD 128GB S0924A0> ACS-2 ATA SATA 3.x device
ada0: Serial Number AA2021043443
ada0: 600.000MB/s transfers (SATA 3.x, UDMA6, PIO 512bytes)
ada0: Command Queueing enabled
ada0: 122104MB (250069680 512 byte sectors)
Dual Console: Serial Primary, Video Secondary
Configuring crash dumps...
Using /dev/ada0p3 for dump device.
/dev/gpt/efiboot0: 8 files, 257 MiB free (16467 clusters)
FIXED
/dev/gpt/efiboot0: MARKING FILE SYSTEM CLEAN
Filesystems are clean, continuing...
Mounting filesystems...
Mounting ZFS boot environment...done.

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Welcome to Netgate pfSense Plus 24.11-RELEASE...

Checking dump device /dev/ada0p3 for crash dumps ... no crash dumps on /dev/ada0p3.
...ELF ldconfig path: /lib /usr/lib /usr/lib/compat /usr/local/lib /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg /usr/local/lib/ipsec /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.36/mach/CORE
32-bit compatibility ldconfig path:
done.
7516
>>> Removing vital flag from php83...failed.

*** SYSTEM BOOT FAILURE ***

  Failed Boot Environment: default

   R/r: Enter a recovery shell
   Any: Shutdown immediately

Enter an option:

The "Removing vital flag from php83...failed." seems significant... Can I work around this, or do I need to reinstall pfSense Plus?

Thanks.

pst

@pst Never mind, a two hour wait and a prayer seems to have resolved whatever state the box got itself into...