From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 7 15:47:59 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 D7E201065673 for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 15:47:59 +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 695A18FC16 for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 15:47:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm24 with SMTP id 24so1714445fxm.36 for ; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:47:58 -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:cc :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Q8DZkD7tyRlrBS8OUWwUbojDqXuSyDvqGTXZO/cPYug=; b=sfNgPnKLJpCwYC1urdmf/YlK/Pow2+23AAkkJwLbWnMOmdK5VVo3d0oMqJM6JfpybY 5rt/sIeuTkHrlzIrQ/34ODJX/KmsyiZ67YK5mTfoCvCUfFpCrpxMqqG4ScCNV29KMzrk 8kZaAnyozpy9MxypXxV7PVmzM6jwnDGQhD1ZM= 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:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=wo2W4TXgF7CseSqczZNXYD/dQKrFozudzjvL6Xg7YD6DcOw2w1thL0hK8bdYtitmPq hKhE0qmMNkwV/9brY/wEbWv2s3zmlc8+UJKL/efQoSxanbHNQHZ1Yl8Ft26GNoXvIN5k fFm2MhtD+VZqMMVSfRB6jl5QpS3g6YuoEriQI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: identry@gmail.com Received: by 10.204.58.79 with SMTP id f15mr812952bkh.185.1249660078333; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:47:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090807153027.GA39621@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <4d4e09680908061012q6ea8aeacm875c556eaea7a54f@mail.gmail.com> <4A7B1B41.7090507@unsane.co.uk> <4d4e09680908061733v21602321x252a7111a7648ad6@mail.gmail.com> <4A7C074C.9060303@unsane.co.uk> <4d4e09680908070708x635dcd80ha96a61e9c71b0b6b@mail.gmail.com> <4d4e09680908070708i286b98a7j6f03725a848ae83c@mail.gmail.com> <20090807153027.GA39621@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 11:47:58 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: b10f64009ae38c02 Message-ID: <4d4e09680908070847jfed3447v4863b7637585f54@mail.gmail.com> From: Identry To: Roland Smith Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: 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: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:48:00 -0000 > Realize that if you upgrade to 7.x, you'll have to remove and reinstall > all ports because the version number of shared system libraries will > have changed. Yes, I've decided this is way too complicated. >> Or would it be safer to try to bring up the machine on it's own with a >> 6.2 generic kernel, first? > > Seeing as how you can mount the partitions on the drive perfectly by > hand, maybe it was just a glitch. Have you tried rebooting again? Yes. It won't even boot into single user or safe mode. It hangs when it tries to mount the root partition. > If it still doesn't work, try getting into the boot menu and see if the > drive looks OK from there. Not exactly sure what you mean... How can I see what the drive looks like from the boot menu? Sorry if this is a total newbie question... -- John