FYI, the issue doesn't occur on 14-CURRENT. Also the issue occurs not only on an installed 13.1-RELEASE, but also by booting the 13.1-RELEASE installer memstick sometimes it doesn't detect the nvme device. It looks totally random so far, the controller is XG4 NVMe SSD.
------- Original Message ------- > Hi, > > Freshly installed fbsd 13.1 release on a Thinkpad x270, zfs root on geli. > However, the system doesn't always boot successfully, with error: > > trying to mount from zfs:zroot/ROOT/default failed with error 5. > > It seems to be random, sometimes the system boots fine, oftentimes it > doesn't. Listing "valid disk boot devices" shows nothing at all when the > error occurs, it is like the nvme driver didn't attach correctly on time, > when it does "so I see GEOM_ELI: Device nda0p4.eli created." the system boots > fine, otherwise it fails to mount root.
