From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 6 22:31:14 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 3FA061065672 for ; Thu, 6 Aug 2009 22:31:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from identry@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f224.google.com (mail-fx0-f224.google.com [209.85.220.224]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C46318FC20 for ; Thu, 6 Aug 2009 22:31:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm24 with SMTP id 24so1231246fxm.36 for ; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:31:12 -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=WyB2vMy5o798B6FRpmdPWxzpmc1zg5T23cldYq32UVs=; b=VNUp9UDENwHQkaCDcAZULq/ZEi/qmkncoONH4QJpy5LNx/+GHCiLwYWWikYNMu6iAV 9C+xBHTxgJtlnZd47wj3ka3IAM78+b7GkJmsKE4TOUPOf/0SGRyB8kMTGUsoli8I0CiE PEJ/emXMzxNy3lEDCQiCqGh1tPYE/OASmNk+c= 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=jATYOkc3xlQOaSMqG7VPy/PAI4Mz0vIUbJMJAyu87FTsrBB0WFXfQC6v76QSlZMRDg VFzlveb474U4AguhgSWAkNhjt7C81F+Faqo8rhVqWc4TsXBza8P+kmVl63PIMRZJZTxx NxVAaHtlssmcGqeqEDPKk6RF0FjtILo7wHnNY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: identry@gmail.com Received: by 10.204.65.18 with SMTP id g18mr2537713bki.5.1249597872501; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:31:12 -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 18:31:12 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 768b26779260c804 Message-ID: <4d4e09680908061531g71f35488wcca164c530985e55@mail.gmail.com> From: Identry To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:31:14 -0000 > Identry wrote: >> >> During the boot sequence, it freezes at the statement: >> >> =A0 =A0 Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/mfid0s1a >> > 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.) I've booted the install CD1 and found something called 'fixit' mode. I've been googling, but can't seem to find any info on 'fixit'. Is it possible to use this instead of a livefs disk? BTW, this is a 6.3 system. -- John