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    Not booting after upgrade or clean install to CE 2.7.1

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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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      The panic after resetting to defaults is a known issue which is now fixed: https://reviews.freebsd.org/rGe0f3dc82727f236b0bea495d8a4d6e6dc630854d

      Otherwise it's an issue with the EFI console.

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        koaly @stephenw10
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        @stephenw10 said in Not booting after upgrade or clean install to CE 2.7.1:

        Hmm, well you can set verbose always on:
        echo 'boot_verbose="YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf.local

        Hacky workaround but....

        Probably I did something wrong. I copied the command, tried to run it in the command prompt in Diagnostics and next time the system reboot went without a problem, but only once. Second time it required again to stop booting and set Verbose ON.
        I also tried to run it in Shell but nothing worked at all.
        Could you please specify where and how should I do it?

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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          Hmm it should work from there. Or from the command line directly.

          Do you see it in /boot/loader.conf.local?

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            koaly @stephenw10
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            @stephenw10
            Hello and thanks for the support.
            I found that after running the command this line appears in the file as many times as I run it, but it does not change anything during the boot process.
            eb8071c1-608a-4bd6-b7df-bd9a7f303ac2-image.png
            I found the neighbour file called 'loader.conf'
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            and its content looks weird for me. E.g. many lines written twice, zfs_load=YES, although I have UFS file system.
            May this be a bug or it's content dos not play any role? May be I should change something there to make it working? e.g. delete doubled lines and set zfs_load to NO?
            Here's its full content:

            kern.cam.boot_delay=10000
kern.geom.label.disk_ident.enable="0"
kern.geom.label.gptid.enable="0"
kern.ipc.nmbclusters="1000000"
kern.ipc.nmbjumbo9="524288"
kern.ipc.nmbjumbop="524288"
opensolaris_load="YES"
zfs_load="YES"
opensolaris_load="YES"
zfs_load="YES"
kern.cam.boot_delay=10000
kern.geom.label.disk_ident.enable="0"
kern.geom.label.gptid.enable="0"
kern.ipc.nmbclusters="1000000"
kern.ipc.nmbjumbo9="524288"
kern.ipc.nmbjumbop="524288"
boot_serial="NO"
autoboot_delay="3"
hw.hn.vf_transparent="0"
hw.hn.use_if_start="1"
net.link.ifqmaxlen="128"
machdep.hwpstate_pkg_ctrl="1"
net.pf.states_hashsize="1048576"
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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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              It is a bug but it doesn't do anything. You can remove those duplicate entries if you want.

              Does it actually boot in verbose mode with those lines in the .local file? Or is it not possible to tell because you are still setting it at the loader prompt each time to make it boot?

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                koaly @stephenw10
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                @stephenw10
                The line 'boot_verbose="YES"' in the file /boot/loader.conf.local does not play any role during boot process. Verbose in "Boot options" remains off and boot process hangs on "masks" if I do stop booting and set Verbose "ON" manually.
                I deleted doubled lines. Nothing changed. What actually zfs_load="YES" mean? Coudl it be a problrem?

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                  It loads the ZFS kernel module. That is required if you are using the ZFS filesystem.

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                    koaly @stephenw10
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                    @stephenw10
                    thanks for the reply. as I understand there is no way to continue using of Fujitsu S940 for Pfsense.
                    Being not able to reboot normally sounds critical for firewall. There is a bug somewhere in the 2.7.1, because the previous version 2.7.0 works without a problem on the same hardware.
                    I also tried installing 2.7.1 on a new SSD, which led to the same boot failure.
                    If there would be an idea what I should change or correct in the installed 2.7.1 instance, please advise.

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                      Does it support legacy (BIOS) install rather than UEFI? That would likely boot fine.

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                        koaly @stephenw10
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                        @stephenw10 said in Not booting after upgrade or clean install to CE 2.7.1:

                        Does it support legacy (BIOS) install rather than UEFI? That would likely boot fine.

                        Unfortunately there is no CSM options in the BIOS. Only UEFI is available.
                        I would be thankful for an advice on how to troublshoot the UEFI boot.
                        For some reason only booting with Verbose-ON works. I do not know what does it change, but it somehow works.
                        I do not think it's a hardware incompatibility, because otherwise it would not boot at all.
                        If there is no solution and nobody can check the bug in CE 2.7.1 installation it makes no sense to continue chatting. It does not even make sense to think abou upgrading to Plus version.
                        Thanks for your efforts

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