Cannot find the pool label for......

[cooter]

I just updated from 11.2 U7 to 11.3 U1. After the update I get the error

Cannot find the pool label for 'freenas-boot'
Mounting from zfs:freenas-boot/ROOT/11.3-u1 failed with error 5.

I do boot from a USB drive. I found this article that looks like it would fix my issue: https://www.ixsystems.com/community/threads/workaround-semi-fix-for-mountroot-issues-with-9-3.26071/

The problem I am having is that, the article was written for FreeNAS 9.3, FreeNAS 11.3 or 11.2 do not have the same menu system and I am at a loss as to how I load GRUB so I can edit my Tunables without the GUI. Can anyone tell me how to go about editing the Tunables without before booting into FreeNAS?

 

[Redcoat]

FreeNAS isn't using GRUB anymore.

Seems most likely that your USB stick has died.

Also, take a look here https://www.ixsystems.com/community...s-boot-root-default-fails-with-error-5.80709/

 

[cooter]

FreeNAS isn't using GRUB anymore.

Seems most likely that your USB stick has died.

Also, take a look here https://www.ixsystems.com/community...s-boot-root-default-fails-with-error-5.80709/

I had seen that post already, which is one of the reasons that I want to edit my tuneables. It seems it has to do with USB being slow, the change I want to make is adding a boot delay so the USB drive can completely initialize.

If FreeNAS isn't using GRUB anymore, is there a different way to edit tunables without going through the web gui?

 

[cooter]

I ended up finding an old SSD and reinstalling Freenas and loading my backup config. Up and running again without a USB boot drive.

 

[aamir_xo]

Hey, I know this is old but I got the same error.
Somehow the SATA mode in my BIOS got set to RAID instead of AHCI. I switched it back and everything resumed working perfectly.

Hope this helps somebody!