From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 13 21:37:15 2003 Return-Path: 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 D35FF37B401 for ; Tue, 13 May 2003 21:37:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from babyruth.hotpop.com (babyruth.hotpop.com [204.57.55.14]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D47D43FA3 for ; Tue, 13 May 2003 21:37:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from teilhk@Phreaker.net) Received: from phreaker.net (kubrick.hotpop.com [204.57.55.16]) by babyruth.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 9A46021F91C for ; Wed, 14 May 2003 04:37:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dsl-200-67-187-38.prodigy.net.mx (dsl-200-67-187-38.prodigy.net.mx [200.67.187.38]) by smtp-2.hotpop.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39FC51800E3 for ; Wed, 14 May 2003 04:37:10 +0000 (UTC) From: Teilhard Knight To: FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <1052885537.11481.51.camel@arlette.love.dad> References: <20030514111328.O69707-100000@hewey.af.speednet.com.au> <1052885537.11481.51.camel@arlette.love.dad> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1052887057.11481.66.camel@arlette.love.dad> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.4-1.1mdk Date: 13 May 2003 23:37:38 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-HotPOP: ----------------------------------------------- Sent By HotPOP.com FREE Email Get your FREE POP email at www.HotPOP.com ----------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: The last push X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 04:37:16 -0000 On Tue, 2003-05-13 at 23:12, Teilhard Knight wrote: > On Tue, 2003-05-13 at 20:31, Andy Farkas wrote: > > On 13 May 2003, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > > > > It displays: "mounting root from ufs:ad2s2a", and a failure message. > > > then. it goes: "mounting root from ufs:da0s2e", and another failure > > > message (no such device "da"). This last attempt I think is done because > > > I added the line: > > > options ROOTDEVNAME=\"ufs:da0s2e\", which LINT gives for when the > > > root device cannot correctly guessed by the bootstrap code. > > > > You shouldn't have "options ROOTDEVNAME", you don't need it, and its > > actually causing problems in this case. > > > > > Yes, I figured that up myself, and I erased it already. > > > > > > > Now, I am left at boot with an inquire for a manual root filesystem > > > specification., like this: > > > > > > mount using filesystem > > > > > > eg. ufs:/dev/da0s1a > > > > > > ? List valid disk boot devices > > > > > > abort manual imput > > > > > > mountroot> > > > > > > > > > What to do now? > > > > Did you try '?' to "List valid disk boot devices"? > > > > > No, I haven't. I will now. Oh, I lie, of course I have tried that. It lists a set of devices like "mem" and many otjers I do not understand, but seems to me that are devices like floppy, cd, etc. Teilhard Knight The Extraterrestrial Who ate my sandwich?