Failed to Load Kernel 'Kernel' FreeBSD

Sometimes when you release upgrade freebsd, you might get the following error:

Failed to load kenel ‘kernel’

can’t load ‘kernel’

can’t load ‘kernel’

Type ‘?’ for a list of commands…

And the system doesn’t autoboot.

In times like these, you’re supposed to select “Option 6” and select older kernels, boot the system, redo the upgrade and the system should be repaired. In my case, that didn’t work.

There were no other kernels available, there was no “current” kernel either. So the next option for me was to select “Option 8”, “Boot Environment” and select not the default environment but the next one (you can actually cycle through the older environments). You can do this by selecting “E” followed by “A”. You can press “A” repeatedly to go through all the older environments. Once you boot properly (by pressing the “Enter” button on your keyboard), redo the upgrade and the system should repair itself.

However, if you know this error is because of missing bootcode for freebsd, you can run the last command (the gpart one) from here to install the bootcode.

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