On 2025-11-07 20:44:28+0000, Crystal Kolipe <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 07, 2025 at 01:28:17PM -0700, Luke A. Call wrote: > > On 2025-11-07 18:45:00+0000, Crystal Kolipe <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 06, 2025 at 02:33:20PM -0700, Luke A. Call wrote: > > > > Hi. I am upgrading my test (& backup) laptop from 7.7 to 7.8, and > > > > running sysupgrade rebooted it, but after I entered the FDE key, it > > > > checks hardware or something for a bit then I think I see "panic" > > > > flash on the screen, and it reboots, even from single-user > > > > mode. Unfortunately that doesn't let me provide a dmesg. It is an > > > > old dell inspiron. > > > > > > Based on the information you've provided, my first guess is that it's > > > not finding the root filesystem. Since you're using FDE and the physical > > > disk is recognised as wd0, (and there are no other physical disks), your > > > softraid cryto device would be sd0. > > > > > > > So I tried running upgrade from a CD with cd78.iso on it. After the > > > > prompt to choose a keyboard, it asks which disk is the root disk. > > > > Typing "?" for details says "wd0: ....", which I believe is correct, > > > > but > > > > entering wd0 at the prompt gives "wd0 is not a valid root disk", or for > > > > other variations besides wd0, it says "no such disk"). > > > > > > On your system: > > > > > > wd0 is a valid physical disk. It is not the volume that holds the root > > > filesystem. > > > > > > sd0 should appear once the softraid crypto volume, which resides on wd0, > > > is attached. For some reason this doesn't seem to be happening. > > > > > > It might provide useful information if you can boot in to bsd.rd from > > > OpenBSD 7.8-release, (booting from the CD), drop to a shell, and manually > > > try to attach the softraid volume with bioctl. Knowing whether that > > > succeeds > > > would narrow down the possibilities a bit. > > > > Thank you. Would this be the right command to attach it? > > bioctl -cC -l sd0a softraid0 > > No, first there should be a space between -c and C, and secondly the device > you specify to -l is supposed to be the partition that holds the underlying > softraid volume. On your machine this is most likely wd0a, or if not, it's > another partition on wd0. > > So you probably want: > > bioctl -c C -l wd0a softraid0 I have tried bioctl -c C -l wd0[a-s] softraid0 ...and with "/dev/wd0[a-c]" and with just wd0, ...and I am feeling error prone and am probably doing something stupid, but each time the result is like: bioctl: could not open wd0a: No such file or directory.
I wonder if the dmesg in an earlier part of the thread would tell anything useful? Or I can re-send, or am happy to try other diagnostics. Thanks much, again, Luke
