From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 9 20:09:47 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 EA94037B401 for ; Wed, 9 Jul 2003 20:09:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay1.softcomca.com (relay1.softcomca.com [168.144.1.67]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DF1243FAF for ; Wed, 9 Jul 2003 20:09:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from greg@exchange.janemobley.com) Received: from M2W035.mail2web.com ([168.144.251.140]) by relay1.softcomca.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Wed, 9 Jul 2003 23:09:46 -0400 Message-ID: <39020-2200374103946796@M2W035.mail2web.com> X-Priority: 3 X-Originating-IP: 66.112.94.29 X-URL: http://mail2web.com/ From: "greg@exchange.janemobley.com" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 23:09:46 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Jul 2003 03:09:46.0821 (UTC) FILETIME=[B7BABF50:01C34690] Subject: Changed a filesystem's name -- now system hangs on reboot (help) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: gbrooks@janemobley.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 03:09:48 -0000 Any help appreciated=2E=2E=2E I feel like I've painted myself into a corne= r=2E The problem: system drops into /bin/sh on reboot without going through a full reboot because it can't find a filesystem (/storage) that it's lookin= g for=2E I can't get into /etc/fstab to comment out the offending line becau= se I can't get booted=2E This is as far as the boot gets: # mount: /storage: No such file or directory # Mounting /etc/fstab filesystems failed, startup aborted # Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh: Background: I turned /storage into /var/ftp/many_more_files by unmounting it and renaming it and remounting it=2E Everything worked fine until I nee= ded to do a reboot following a physical move of the box=2E I've looked through the handbook and tried (unsuccessfully) to reboot into= single-user mode or otherwise get to a place where I can either comment ou= t the line in fstab or skip the check -- no luck=2E Any ideas much appreciated=2E G=2E -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web=2Ecom/ =2E