”io0” restart freebsd

QuiltedAnger · Friday at 4:20 PM

Beastie said:
Check /dev to see if a new device gets created when you plug the adapter in.

As root, run # usbconfig -d /dev/ugenX.X dump_device_desc, replacing X.X with the device that was created.
What does this command say?

What is X.X supposed to be?

atax1a · Friday at 4:29 PM

you are not providing useful information for troubleshooting.

plug in the USB device. run the command dmesg. Post the full output of the command as text here.

QuiltedAnger · Friday at 4:52 PM

Well, I guess there is just one way and that is to read the manual

Code:

man man

QuiltedAnger · Friday at 5:08 PM

Which key do I press to write lo0?
This question shouldn’t be that hard to answer to

QuiltedAnger · Friday at 5:40 PM

So, of I write man 2 it ask me What manual page do you want?
What to type here?
Now I made an autoboot and was able to login rätoromanska Taura
I still need to find out how to write lo0

QuiltedAnger · Friday at 6:31 PM

Here is the output,

sh:

Loader variables:
vfs.root.mountfrom=zfs:zroot/ROOT/default

Manual root filesystem specification:
  <fstype>:<device> [options]
      Mount <device> using <fstype>
      and with the specified (optional) option list.
      
      eg. ufs:/dev/da0s1a
          zfs:zroot/ROOT/default
          cd9660:/dev/cd0 ro
            (which is equivqlent to: mount -t cd9660 -o ro /dev/cd0 /)
  ?                List valid disk boot devices
  .                Yield 1 second (for background tasks)
  <empty line>     Abort manual input

QuiltedAnger · Friday at 6:46 PM

Code:

List of GEOM managed disk devices:

None

QuiltedAnger · Friday at 7:43 PM

Here is the output of dmesg:

you are not providing useful information for troubleshooting.

plug in the USB device. run the command dmesg. Post the full output of the command as text here.

This is what it says,

Code:

Loader variables:
vfs.root.mountfrom=zfs:zroot/ROOT/default

Manual root filesystem specification:
  <fstype>:<device> [options]
      Mount <device> using <fstype>
      and with the specified (optional) option list.
      
      eg. ufs:/dev/da0s1a
          zfs:zroot/ROOT/default
          cd9660:/dev/cd0 ro
            (which is equivqlent to: mount -t cd9660 -o ro /dev/cd0 /)
  ?                List valid disk boot devices
  .                Yield 1 second (for background tasks)
  <empty line>     Abort manual input

The punctuation there vinfirmans I’m in the right mode

Time for a beer now

QuiltedAnger · 2026-03-21T13:10:36+0000

It says mountroot>

Emrion · 2026-03-21T15:11:43+0000

Am I the only one who thinks that this is a troll, or worse, an AI troll?

mer · 2026-03-21T15:18:12+0000

Emrion said:
Am I the only one who thinks that this is a troll, or worse, an AI troll?

No you are not the only one.
Especially with the latest where it sounds like "stuck in loader" so no root filesystem so no complete installation.
That's why "unwatch" and "ignore"

atax1a · 2026-03-21T16:22:02+0000

wow, you aren't running the OS here, this is the bootloader. no wonder you aren't getting anywhere. time for me to bug out.

Beastie · 2026-03-21T20:22:21+0000

QuiltedAnger said:
What is X.X supposed to be?

The USB bus, followed by the address assigned to the device on that bus. ls /dev/ugen* gives you a list of all that is available on your machine.

QuiltedAnger said:
Which key do I press to write lo0?
This question shouldn’t be that hard to answer to

lo0 is the loopback interface. It lives entirely in the network stack, has no impact on your network interface controller(s) and has nothing to do with your USB device.
If running something as basic as ifconfig fails on your system, then lo0 should be the least of your problems. Forget about it entirely and fix your hardware problems first.
Trying to configure the USB device before having a stable operating system running on reliable hardware is a complete waste of time.