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Date:      Wed, 29 Apr 1998 21:08:02 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Jason K. Fritcher" <jkf@wolfnet.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   mounting an mfs_root partition
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980429205530.352A-100000@outreach.wolfnet.org>

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I am trying to mount the mfs root partition that is in the kernel in the
PicoBSD package. I have mfs compiled into my kernel, and have mounted the
kernel on /dev/vn0 with vnconfig, and when I attempt to mount /dev/vn0s1
into the file system, I keep getting an error message from mfs saying it
can't find a disklabel. I've tried to access the mfs partition through
/dev/vn0, and /dev/vn0a, and both ways I keep getting the same error
message. Below is the actual output from the commands I'm trying.

[root@outreach:/]# vnconfig -cv /dev/vn0 /kernel.picobsd
/dev/vn0: 1274880 bytes on /kernel.picobsd
[root@outreach:/]# mount -t mfs /dev/vn0a /mnt
mfs: ioctl (GDINFO): Inappropriate ioctl for device
mfs: /dev/vn0a: can't read disk label; disk type must be specified
[root@outreach:/]# mount -t mfs /dev/vn0 /mnt
mfs: ioctl (GDINFO): Inappropriate ioctl for device
mfs: /dev/vn0: can't read disk label; disk type must be specified
[root@outreach:/]# mount -t mfs /dev/vn0s1 /mnt
mfs: ioctl (GDINFO): Inappropriate ioctl for device
mfs: /dev/vn0s1: can't read disk label; disk type must be specified

This is under 2.2.6-stable from about two weeks ago.

Any help is appriciated.

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