From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 7 20:02:24 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 A399B106564A for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 20:02:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yw0-f190.google.com (mail-yw0-f190.google.com [209.85.211.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 562278FC1E for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 20:02:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywh28 with SMTP id 28so2739790ywh.27 for ; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:02:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=orgZVh3+UtRPyuUHN1V6RIdU3yooXb7jST9jhZoatb8=; b=Fv0qQBSZkacq4bmR6KlHnxWjVqR6BSo/2Y7Fl1Gh6919xbOREC2xONQmoBJalWo4e5 qbbXpBmp6XS/UP46XjnV5pvsqlysngcsQ9l7vAFIsEIvMvcbQ0lWhkWDXslo5N3a1s6c pfKr5JKi3DxRg1rV1GgEPwwOBas8qTIZu8810= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=vVMck24x3cL3axUbiIAEJdb23y9gBr/FPg3FgMDFJflB3M8rc7txnBTgyoJ4XKOocv jkmd0AUGtJTVIBPwuYOFfqERxNKuobLu0b+xwO2AcN1ytbMx1NuxKAKg1610DHDHsmsH fw8UEdsECV1bQzJBHhRTksCM0pA7+tpCeV6iM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.250.8 with SMTP id x8mr830058anh.198.1249675343435; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:02:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4d4e09680908070808k38d2e4b0ke28c6c420deaa433@mail.gmail.com> References: <4d4e09680908061012q6ea8aeacm875c556eaea7a54f@mail.gmail.com> <4A7B1B41.7090507@unsane.co.uk> <4d4e09680908061733v21602321x252a7111a7648ad6@mail.gmail.com> <4A7C074C.9060303@unsane.co.uk> <4d4e09680908070731u546d6dfck6c9b9b1d66e1e6fa@mail.gmail.com> <991123400908070746t7f9ed6ddy77450aec98885618@mail.gmail.com> <4d4e09680908070808k38d2e4b0ke28c6c420deaa433@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 14:02:22 -0600 Message-ID: From: Tim Judd To: jalmberg@identry.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:02:24 -0000 On 8/7/09, Identry wrote: >> If you did not touch the kernel, there is no need to boot GENERIC! Plus >> you >> have said that this box is running PF, which is not in the GENERIC kernel! >> Personally, I am interested in knowing why the system does not mount the >> root partition on its own when you can do it by hand and it does not >> complain. > > Me too. > >> Did you by any chance change anyting in /etc/fstab? > > No, this has never changed since original install. > Non-printable-character (NPC) NPCs may be a culprit for a file that used to work, now doesn't. Or a inode oddity. I've been following this thread but haven't chipped in because of timing (you driving to the datacenter). Here's what I'd consider: # mv /etc/fstab /etc/old-fstab and recreate a fstab from hand. Example: /dev/mfid0s1a / ufs rw 1 1 If you dumpfs the other bsd partitions, you can see "last mounted on". That might reflect the live-cd mountpoints, but it might help. Reconstruct the fstab. The existing one, which may have NPC or some other corruption is still there, inode hasn't changed. we did create a new file (hence, new inode) and know we don't have a NPC in it. I doubt controller or disk problems, since a livecd can mount it. a fsck -y on a clean filesystem won't report anything. HTH, good luck. >> What entries you do have in /etc/sysctl.conf? > > None. It is just the default file with some comments, but no uncommented > lines. > >> Please try "fsck -y" option first although I am not quite optimistic about >> it, given that mounting by hand works so far. > > Okay. > >> If I were to upgrade, I'd go to 6.4-STABLE first and wait there while >> thinking about the next move. > > Right... I'm going to try getting this machine up first, before > fussing with upgrades. > >> What does your /etc/rc.conf contain? > $ cat rc.conf > #$Id: rc.conf,v 1.4 2008/03/31 23:44:10 root Exp root $ > > # -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Sat Dec 1 16:23:45 2007 > # Created: Sat Dec 1 16:23:45 2007 > # Enable network daemons for user convenience. > # Please make all changes to this file, not to /etc/defaults/rc.conf. > # This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf. > defaultrouter="66.111.0.193" > hostname="on.identry.com" > keyrate="fast" > moused_enable="YES" > monit_enable="YES" > ntpd_enable="YES" > ntpd_program="/usr/sbin/ntpd" > ntpd_config="/etc/ntp.conf" > ntpd_sync_on_start="YES" > ntpd_flags="-p /var/run/ntpd.pid" > saver="green" > pf_enable="YES" > pf_rules="/etc/pf.conf" > pf_flags="" # additional flags for pfctl startup > pflog_enable="YES" > pflog_logfile="/var/log/pflog" > pflog_flags="" # additional flags for pflogd startup > sshd_enable="YES" > #inetd_enable="YES" > usbd_enable="YES" > mysql_enable="YES" > apache22_enable="YES" > apache22_flags="-DSSL" > apache22_http_accept_enable="YES" > sendmail_enable="NONE" > spamd_enable="YES" > spamd_flags="-v -x -u vpopmail" > courier_authdaemond_enable="YES" > courier_imap_imapd_enable="YES" > courier_imap_imapdssl_enable="YES" > courier_imap_imapd_ssl_enable="YES" > courier_imap_pop3d_enable="YES" > courier_imap_pop3dssl_enable="YES" > courier_imap_pop3d_ssl_enable="YES" > clamav_clamd_enable="YES" > clamav_freshclam_enable="YES" > svscan_enable="YES" > snmpd_enable="NO" > pureftpd_enable="YES" > autossh_enable="YES" > mongrel_cluster_enable="YES" > mongrel_cluster_config="/usr/local/etc/mongrel_cluster" > > # added by xorg-libraries port > local_startup="/usr/local/etc/rc.d" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >