From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 7 00:33:16 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D3E21065674 for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 00:33:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from identry@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f220.google.com (mail-bw0-f220.google.com [209.85.218.220]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD42A8FC19 for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 00:33:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz20 with SMTP id 20so1156233bwz.9 for ; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:33:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=hTGvOUIAgz9/hLRxW+VOcPWSWU1KKU33BcHm+vo1DXM=; b=JFYF+31KRwauuDGhOyxo3SQbNxFA5rK9EYM112g004PDZ6zFhzSDNHNn93OZ7uH1Qk 6r+a1qlB2MkWA9KZpHjWeNNUA/7UHZtg896RJNCYvU0zLGUYSVTL5m5C9WB4+fIfnhm8 Y0FFk4x/38tuQly+miZ331jCC252xM7bpsvsw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=tOswInW5hMNcf+cNjIbTB7r3uenIpYehmG0vTpaG/mGVacUmFSoWiWMFcmZZBkho9p 6rXwoqny8/D+QZnvi7Af77JGR/vlT62hZAi9xHn1bbW0udAQ/as+gL0KEXU6PtZzaaoG n1FqAWJd2CRk7TfTlHSCgqooReyLNNlOjHR88= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: identry@gmail.com Received: by 10.204.123.83 with SMTP id o19mr2628593bkr.12.1249605194684; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:33:14 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4A7B1B41.7090507@unsane.co.uk> References: <4d4e09680908061012q6ea8aeacm875c556eaea7a54f@mail.gmail.com> <4A7B1B41.7090507@unsane.co.uk> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 20:33:14 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 03301ca6715da0a4 Message-ID: <4d4e09680908061733v21602321x252a7111a7648ad6@mail.gmail.com> From: Identry To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Boot failure X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:33:16 -0000 > Try downloading and booting the livefs environment (I think you need cd1 > and the livefs cd or just the DVD) and see if you can mount it from > that, if not it could be a controller issue. If you can then its > probably your OS/kernel but at least you now have access to your > data/configs etc etc not to mention you could try extracting the GENERIC > kernel from the install media (use the install.sh script in the kernels > directory.) Okay! Good news, I think. I used the 'fixit' mode, that is available through the installation disk, to mount the disk that fails to mount during boot up. What I did was: mount /dev/mfid0s1a /test It mounts successfully and I can see everything in that partition. So I guess the question now is, if I can mount it manually, why doesn't it mount during the boot process? -- John