10.1 : release : freebsd-update : fetch + install : first reboot screwup!

[andrew clarke]

On Fri 2014-12-19 08:29:32 UTC+0530, Mayuresh Kathe (mayuresh at kathe.in) wrote:

> finally got freebsd 10.1 release to run on my machine, it was a simple 
> matter of disabling 'uefi' and do a non-uefi install.
> 
> as always, the first thing done post install was "freebsd-update fetch", 
> followed by "freebsd-update install" and then issued a "reboot".
> 
> during shutdown, the system just froze at "all buffers synced".
> had to issue a hard reboot which raised various issues related to disk 
> not cleanly unmounted during previous shutdown.
> 
> went ahead and re-installed the system thrice, just to confirm that this 
> problem is repeatable, and yes, it is.
> 
> any work arounds?

There's a thread about this on freebsd-stable:

https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2014-December/081211.html

Also an entry on Bugzilla:

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=195458

Regards
Andrew