Custom FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE ISO fails to boot to OS
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Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2025 01:44:00 UTC
Hello,
I've exhausted myself trying to fix this problem for the past 4 days. x_x
I'm following the the FreeBSD docs/manpages (+docs from FreeBSD based
flavors) related to building a 14.3-RELEASE ISO, which I succeeded but
it fails at boot time.
The kernel boots fine as far as I can tell, but 'init.sh' fails at
replicating the system image (system.img) to swap.
I'm using VirtualBox VM to test the ISO and gave it the following specs:
--Disk: 45GB
--RAM: 16GB
--CPU: 12C
The error shows up when this command finishes "dd
if=/cdrom/data/system.img status=progress bs=1M | zfs recv -F livecd".
This error sounds like it's a corrupt file, but I verified the hash,
plus I didn't download it from the wild web for it to be tempered with.
ERROR: cannot receive new filesystem stream: incomplete stream
Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /rescue/sh:
When I hit [ENTER], I get "Cannot read termcap database; using dumb
terminal settings." Then drops to '#' which is limited and some commands
don't work due to "/tmp" not found.
Please let me know if I get provide any other info that can help fix
this issue.
Thanks,