From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 25 22:17:37 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC1FC16A41F for ; Sun, 25 Sep 2005 22:17:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A41E43D49 for ; Sun, 25 Sep 2005 22:17:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (CPE0050040655c8-CM00111ae02aac.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [70.30.70.180]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F62B1A3C1D; Sun, 25 Sep 2005 15:17:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id DA77E51288; Sun, 25 Sep 2005 18:17:35 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 18:17:35 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway To: Robert Message-ID: <20050925221735.GA39657@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <16ce2d1c0509251425728167c3@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="BXVAT5kNtrzKuDFl" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <16ce2d1c0509251425728167c3@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: FreeBSD General Questions Subject: Re: New Kernel Cannot Mount Root... 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: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 22:17:37 -0000 --BXVAT5kNtrzKuDFl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Sun, Sep 25, 2005 at 05:25:47PM -0400, Robert wrote: > My new custom kernel cannot mount root. I searched the list archives but > couldn't find anything helpful. > Here is the error message I receive: > *Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a* > *setrootbyname failed* > *ffs_mountroot:can't find rootvp* > *Root mount failed: 6* > ** > Root is located at /dev/ad0s1a so I'm sure that my kernel conf is pointing > it somewhere else but I'm not sure which option in the conf file controls > this. On one particular list archive there was mention of the "bsdlabel" > command. Would that be what I need here? > Attached is my kernel conf file if needed. > Thanks, > Rob > # ATA and ATAPI devices > device ata > device ataraid # ATA RAID drives > device atapicd # ATAPI CDROM drives > device atapifd # ATAPI floppy drives > options ATA_STATIC_ID # Static device numbering Notice anything missing here? What kind of device are you trying to mount from, again? :) Kris --BXVAT5kNtrzKuDFl Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDNyH/Wry0BWjoQKURAgCJAJ0UT3FXXgRkZodqQoc2Uk4PGYqapgCdGY/P zMfFnKRfbWZkKWwQdjkJjpk= =wASQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --BXVAT5kNtrzKuDFl--