From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 24 13:26:57 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EE9216A47B for ; Sat, 24 Jun 2006 13:26:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from robertames@hotmail.com) Received: from hotmail.com (bay123-f16.bay123.hotmail.com [207.46.11.96]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD4E443D55 for ; Sat, 24 Jun 2006 13:26:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from robertames@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sat, 24 Jun 2006 06:26:56 -0700 Message-ID: Received: from 207.46.11.123 by by123fd.bay123.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sat, 24 Jun 2006 13:26:51 GMT X-Originating-IP: [71.236.16.2] X-Originating-Email: [robertames@hotmail.com] X-Sender: robertames@hotmail.com In-Reply-To: <449CFC28.5050100@hirsch.it> From: "Robert Ames" To: M.Hirsch@hirsch.it Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 09:26:51 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 Jun 2006 13:26:56.0710 (UTC) FILETIME=[DD656660:01C69791] Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel can't find root filesystem X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 13:26:57 -0000 >From: "M.Hirsch" > >I had the same problem with 6.1. But only on some occasions, not always >(iirc). >The installations I made over the last weeks had all very different >environments and deployment methods. >I can't tell anymore when it happens and when not because I simply added >the below loader.conf setting to my postinstall-script. > >Add "vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:da0s1" to /boot/loader.conf to fix it. Thank you. That solves my problem even though it seems more like a workaround than an actual solution. But I'll take it. :-) Also, someone responded asking if I had a valid entry in /etc/fstab for the root filesystem. foo# cat /etc/fstab # Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass# /dev/da0s1a / ufs rw 1 1 /dev/da0s1b none swap sw 0 0 /dev/da1s1d /local ufs rw 2 2 /dev/cd0 /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0 _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/