8.3.0-RC1 Two Problems - Console Hang and does not mount USB Flash Drive

[joeschmuck]

I'd like to start by saying I'm upgrading my real FreeNAS box from 8.0.4 to 8.3.0-RC1. Signature show system configuration.

1) The first problem I have encountered is the CONSOLE screen hangs with the last message being "Starting cron." and does not go beyond that. The GUI operates so I was able to import my pool.

When using the GUI, I am unable to force a reboot or shutdown and I suspect it's tied to this problem.
Entering the "Shell" I was able to type "reboot" to force a reboot and the subsequent boot did not have the hangup as indicated above. BTW, this is a repeatable problem, meaning if I reset to default then the problem above occurs again.

2) I have a 32GB USB Flash drive which works and mounts fine under 8.0.4 yet it isn't mounted as a drive under 8.3.0-RC1. So it doesn't show up under /mnt at all but is attached to umass0.

After upgrading and even after restoring to factory defaults the USB flash drive is not mounted as a drive.

df reports this and I'm not sure where to go from here...

Code:

[root@freenas /mnt]# df      

Filesystem          512-blocks       Used      Avail Capacity  Mounted on       

/dev/ufs/FreeNASs2a    1897806     775782     970200    44%    /                
devfs                        2          2          0   100%    /dev             
/dev/md0                  9327       6607       1974    77%    /etc             
/dev/md1                  1647          4       1512     0%    /mnt             
/dev/md2                305583      37082     244055    13%    /var             
/dev/ufs/FreeNASs4       40527       1278      36007     3%    /data            
farm                6280132306     119656 6280012650     0%    /mnt/farm        
farm/Madyson        6280012976        326 6280012650     0%    /mnt/farm/Madyson
farm/Mark           6283502278    3489628 6280012650     0%    /mnt/farm/Mark   
farm/Rebecca        6407421639  127408989 6280012650     2%    /mnt/farm/Rebecca
farm/backups        9369321595 3089308945 6280012650    33%    /mnt/farm/backups
farm/ftp              20971520    6010707   14960813    29%    /mnt/farm/ftp    
farm/main           6608608539  328595889 6280012650     5%    /mnt/farm/main   
farm/movies         7490708680 1210696030 6280012650    16%    /mnt/farm/movies 
farm/music          6318501142   38488492 6280012650     1%    /mnt/farm/music  
farm/photos         6331125043   51112393 6280012650     1%    /mnt/farm/photos

I'm still beating on this but any help would be appreciated. Oh, I've also wiped out the USB flash drive just to see what happens there.

UPDATE: Problem #1 went away when I removed the 32GB USB FLASH drive and started all over again, or should I say it has worked once now.

 

[joeschmuck]

My problem has been squarely traced to a possible faulty USB Flash drive. Why it works on 8.0.1 and not 8.3.0-RC1 is beyond me but other USB flash drives are working fine. I'm in the process of doing a real format of the drive (could take forever) and then some other diagnostics to see if there are any real problems with the drive. If it passes then I really don't know why the problem exists.