Re: Update to 14.3 does not boot anymore

> On 10 Jun 2025, at 10:14, Matthias Fechner <mfechner@freebsd.org> wrote:
> I tried to upgrade today one of my servers from 14.2 to 14.3 using freebsd-update.
> I just fetch the update, installed new kernel and rebooted:
> freebsd-update upgrade -r 14.3-RELEASE
> freebsd-update install
> reboot
> 
> Now I see on the screen:
> (ada1:ahcich1:0:0:0): READ_FPDMA_QUEUED. ACB: 60 e0 48 04 04 40 00 00 00 00 00 00
> (ada1:ahcich1:0:0:0): CAM status: Auto-Sense Retrieval Failed
> (ada1:ahcich1:0:0:0): Error 5, Unretryable error
> 
> this is repeated and server refused to boot.
> Maybe the disc is broken, but it worked fine till before the reboot into the new kernel, so this can also be related to the upgrade.

If you are using ZFS with the standard layout from the installer freebsd-update should have created a boot environment for 14.2 when you started the upgrade.
When you boot, select the option “Select boot environment …” from the boot menu, and then select the 14.2 environment
You will at least see if it is hardware or if it is caused by the upgrade.
If you don’t even get the boot menu it is probably hardware.

Regards
Arnold Greyling