can't boot because of segmentation fault

[bsmith]

I did my updates two days ago but now when I try to boot I get the following

fsck: /dev/ada0sia: Segmentation fault Unknown error 1; help! ERROR: ABORTING BOOT(sending SIGTERM to parent! /bin/sh on /etc/rc terminated abnormally going to single user mode

Anyway to fix without a reinstall?

 

[SirDice]

Is /dev/ada0sia a typo? Shouldn't this be /dev/ada0s1a?

Can you still boot to single user mode or does that crash too? Try using /rescue/sh if /bin/sh fails.

 

[bsmith]

Yes it is a typo sorry about that. I can use /rescue/sh

 

[SirDice]

Ok, that's good. That will give you some tools to diagnose the system.

How did you update the system? Using the source or freebsd-update(8)?

 

[bsmith]

FreeBSD-update

 

[SirDice]

Ok, that should have updated everything required. Can you run /rescue/fsck -y? Hopefully that's able to fix it. If not then I'm afraid you're going to have to restore the system from backups.

 

[bsmith]

It didn't work. How do I restore from backups?

 

[SirDice]

Well, I hope you made them. And if you made them you know how to restore those.

 

[bsmith]

That was on my list of things to do, oops. Fresh install here I come. But to be fair at this time I have 3 laptops, 2 notebooks and a chromebook. I didn't plan it that way but I have had my hands full. Thanks for the help. Backup is now on the second thing on my list after fresh install.