Date: Mon, 2 May 2016 21:30:43 +1000 From: Graham Menhennitt <graham@menhennitt.com.au> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot fails "Can't stat /dev/da0a: No such file or directory" Message-ID: <57273A63.8030900@menhennitt.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20160502042647.GC36305@asus-home1.asus-home1.domain> References: <20160502042647.GC36305@asus-home1.asus-home1.domain>
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On 2/05/2016 02:26 PM, Dave Males wrote:
> On 30/04/2016 06:53 PM, Graham Menhennitt wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have a USB disk that I use for backup. Up till now, it's mounted
>> without any problems at boot time. After updating to -current as of
>> yesterday, it doesn't mount and causes the boot to fail.
>>
>> My /etc/fstab looks like:
>>
>> # Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass#
>>
>> /dev/ada0s1a / ufs rw 1 1
>> /dev/ada0s1b none swap sw 0 0
>> /dev/da0a /backup ufs rw,late 1 1
>>
>>
>> I tried adding the "late" to fix the problem, but it doesn't help.
>>
>> The error message is:
>>
>> /dev/ada0s1a: clean...
>> Can't stat /dev/da0a: No such file or directory
>> Unknown error; help!
>> ERROR: ABORTING BOOT (sending SIGTERM to parent)!
>>
>>
>> (hand transcribed - maybe typos)
>>
>> Can anybody help, please.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Graham
>> Sorry, I forgot to mention...
>>
>> I commented out that line from fstab which allows the boot to complete.
>> I can then manually mount it without any problems. It looks like the
>> device doesn't get created early enough.
>>
>> Graham
> Hi,
>
> I had the same error message with a USB storage drive, so I used kern.cam.boot_delay="10000" in /boot/loader.conf with success.
> My /etc/fstab is /dev/da1p1 /mnt/usb1 ufs rw 2 2
> Have a look at /boot/defaults/loader.conf under Kernel tunables.
>
> Dave
Thanks very much for replying and for that info, Dave. It worked!
Thanks,
Graham
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