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Date:      Thu, 16 Mar 2000 09:16:01 -0800 (PST)
From:      R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@nwlink.com>
To:        J McKitrick <jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: HELP! on 4.0 upgrade
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003160913010.1809-100000@mammalia.sea>
In-Reply-To: <20000316164402.B11889@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>

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On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, J McKitrick wrote:

> I knew i would find a way to botch this....

Stay calm, you'll get there =)
 
> Not sure why, but the first reboot paniced and rebooted again.  I
> think i forgot to change rc.conf to ad0 devices, but i'm not sure.  I
> didn't think i needed to.
> 
> swapon: /dev/ad0s1b: block device required
> auto reboot in progress
> can't open /dev/ad0s1e: evice not configured

It isn't rc.conf, it's /etc/fstab.  Change the "w's" to "a's".  It also
looks like you may have forgotten to create slice entries in /dev.  Do:
sh MAKEDEV ad0s1a
This will make all slices from a through h.



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