From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 7 20:21:54 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 A7ED11065675 for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 20:21:54 +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 334E28FC1E for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 20:21:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm24 with SMTP id 24so1868473fxm.36 for ; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:21:53 -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=BCvyZXFCbboWR44ax9H37oF8eJUIqHEfrP+iUyrbQlw=; b=RkP5+0KHydl8bWVFtdHdczO51XUsA7EyFWJTtPY9J1y9ndhMxYBviJag1XAUccZUnr GRLaflQX0NWeOrBLuYWpNCnx7o4hYQ6AlPJfEaQSWqktmY+wBYrd7pj0yE1Z1MxXoP+7 46nybhsxGf+fflJDYNL1TX9wc09pymP2yeODU= 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=r3rzRifU9GHWi86l3sqUsB36ilhl1WmHm97Zvp9dSNx9m835JQPJei90Xao0l0L+Rk DGic58anPJ1LFeR5//5n20nZx2inDY2H4Q+g+D5IYf3ZpS0s1c171z4E4vyMPqZwFRI0 uumWq0eVB00/6KegELUzx7k2yWnQPCBYZIDZg= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: identry@gmail.com Received: by 10.204.112.205 with SMTP id x13mr3491475bkp.170.1249676513310; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:21:53 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: 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 16:21:53 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 7b3db49b6913e509 Message-ID: <4d4e09680908071321t2beecdehad1859ffbe54b388@mail.gmail.com> From: Identry To: Tim Judd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 20:21:54 -0000 > Non-printable-character (NPC) > > NPCs may be a culprit for a file that used to work, now doesn't. =A0Or 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: > =A0# mv /etc/fstab /etc/old-fstab > > and recreate a fstab from hand. =A0Example: > > /dev/mfid0s1a / ufs rw 1 1 I guess I could use the existing fstab as a model... just retype it using v= i. I checked the date on fstab... it hasn't been changed since the server was installed, but I guess it's worth a try. Thanks for the idea. > I doubt controller or disk problems, since a livecd can mount it. =A0a > fsck -y on a clean filesystem won't report anything. You were right about this. -- John