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    Mount error 19 with upgrade to 2.4.0

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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    • jimpJ
      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
      last edited by

      The disk name probably changed

      At the prompt, enter:

      ufs:/dev/ada0s1a
      

      And once it's booted the rest of the way, fix your /etc/fstab for the new names, then go to a shell prompt and run

      /usr/local/sbin/ufslabels.sh
      

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        hollister
        last edited by

        ok, the 1st step worked

        mountroot> ufs:/dev/ada0s1a                                                   
        Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ada0s1a []…                               
        Configuring crash dumps...                                                     
        No suitable dump device was found.                                             
        usage: ddb capture [-M core] [-N system] print                                 
              ddb capture [-M core] [-N system] status                               
              ddb script scriptname                                                   
              ddb script scriptname=script                                           
              ddb scripts                                                             
              ddb unscript scriptname                                                 
              ddb pathname                                                           
        /dev/ada0s1a: FILE SYSTEM CLEAN; SKIPPING CHECKS                               
        /dev/ada0s1a: clean, 2180864 free (3856 frags, 272126 blocks, 0.1% fragmentatio)
        Filesystems are clean, continuing…                                           
        Mounting filesystems...                                                       
        /etc/pfSense-rc: /etc/rc.restore_ramdisk_store: not found
        ...

        login: admin
        pw: <>

        re0: link state changed to DOWN
        re1: link state changed to UP
        re2: link state changed to DOWN

        Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/local/lib/php/2013120

        1. Logout (SSH only)                  9) pfTop
        2. Assign Interfaces                10) Filter Logs
        3. Set interface(s) IP address      11) Restart webConfigurator
        4. Reset webConfigurator password    12) PHP shell +
          Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/local/lib/php/2013120
          pfSense tools
        5. Reset to factory defaults        13) Update from console
        6. Reboot system                    14) Enable Secure Shell (sshd)
        7. Halt system                      15) Restore recent configuration
        8. Ping host                        16) Restart PHP-FPM
        9. Shell

        Enter an option: 8

        [2.4.0-RELEASE][admin@]/root:
        [2.4.0-RELEASE][admin@]/usr/local: ufslabels.sh
        dumpfs: /dev/ad4s1a: could not find special device
        Invalid ufsid on ad4s1a (), cannot continue
        exit: Illegal number: -1

        2nd step is not working.

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        • jimpJ
          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
          last edited by

          Edit /etc/fstab, change ad4 to ada0 on each line

          Then you should be able to run it.

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            hollister
            last edited by

            Ok, now I am able to boot.
            Next problem
            Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/local/lib/php/2013120

            I will start a new post

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              jbm131hotmail.com
              last edited by

              Thanks

              Looks a bit like my problem: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=137939.0

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                ssp
                last edited by

                Experienced the same problem with 2.4.0 upgrade after doing it through GUI. Not sure why the renaming had to happen like that.

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                • jimpJ
                  jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                  last edited by

                  @ssp:

                  Experienced the same problem with 2.4.0 upgrade after doing it through GUI. Not sure why the renaming had to happen like that.

                  Something apparently changed in the FreeBSD disk controller drivers. The "adX" naming hasn't been used in quite some time, but it used to provide legacy aliases so that the old disk names could still be used. If your OS was installed before the switch to "adaX" disk names then /etc/fstab was pointed to the out-of-date alias name instead. Looks like the knob for "kern.cam.ada.legacy_aliases" which controlled the behavior is gone as well in FreeBSD 11.x

                  Apparently your disk device name changed long ago, but it was propped up by the legacy code which is now gone, so it wasn't exactly sudden, but it also wasn't made obvious that it was outdated either.

                  We should be able to add some code to work around that, I opened a ticket: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/7937

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                    mlsbraves
                    last edited by

                    Had the same issue on a  Netgate FW-7541.

                    The disk name probably changed

                    At the prompt, enter:

                    Code:

                    ufs:/dev/ada0s1a
                    

                    This allowed pfSense to boot and finish the upgrade, I did see warning about PHP and dynamic libraries but I believe it rebooted as I was once again at the  mountroot> prompt. When I issued the ufs:/dev/ada0s1a it told me unsupported file system. I turned the unit off and back on and was able to mount using the previous code.

                    
                    /usr/local/sbin/ufslabels.sh
                    

                    Didn't work for me, gave an error.

                    I edited the fstab and everything seems to be working fine now, no errors in bootup  :D

                    FYI: I remember how much I hate VI  :-\  I installed nano since this unit is a LAB for testing, wish it was installed by default.

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                    • jimpJ
                      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                      last edited by

                      @mlsbraves:

                      FYI: I remember how much I hate VI  :-\  I installed nano since this unit is a LAB for testing, wish it was installed by default.

                      Use ee, it's built in.

                      Also: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/7937

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                        mlsbraves
                        last edited by

                        @jimp:

                        Use ee, it's built in.

                        Also: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/7937

                        Thanks for the tip Jim. Accustomed to linux and don't spend enough time with BSD.

                        After reading issue 7937 I have a quick question. Do I need to run /usr/local/sbin/ufslabels.sh after editing the fstab? Several reboots and so far no issues booting.

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                        • jimpJ
                          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                          last edited by

                          If you have drive names in fstab (e.g. /dev/ada0s1a) then you can still run ufslabels.sh to prevent it from being a problem in the future.

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                            mlsbraves
                            last edited by

                            @jimp:

                            If you have drive names in fstab (e.g. /dev/ada0s1a) then you can still run ufslabels.sh to prevent it from being a problem in the future.

                            ====================
                            Current fstab:

                            Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass#

                            /dev/ada0s1a / ufs rw 1 1
                            /dev/ad4s1b none swap sw 0 0

                            New fstab:

                            Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass#

                            /dev/ufsid/52845261029b2318 / ufs rw 1 1
                            /dev/label/swap0 none swap sw 0 0
                            Commit changes? (y/n):

                            Reboot and everything is working as expected!  :D

                            I have a LAB environment and several boxes of models we use at productions sites. Generally, before I push an upgrade to a production site I test each of these units here to make sure I don't see any issues. Would it be a good idea to also install an old copy of pfsense (eg. 2.1, 2.2) and then preform the upgrade to current to see if  any obsolete setting cause issues in the future?

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                            • jimpJ
                              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                              last edited by

                              @mlsbraves:

                              I have a LAB environment and several boxes of models we use at productions sites. Generally, before I push an upgrade to a production site I test each of these units here to make sure I don't see any issues. Would it be a good idea to also install an old copy of pfsense (eg. 2.1, 2.2) and then preform the upgrade to current to see if  any obsolete setting cause issues in the future?

                              You can't go straight from 2.2 to 2.4, you have to stop at 2.3 in between. So you can do that if you want, but at the moment we're only testing 2.3 to 2.4.

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