Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:24:47 +0300 From: Artyom Viklenko <artem@mipk.kharkiv.edu> To: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HP Netserver RAID Controller + FreeBSD 4.10 problem Message-ID: <41248DFF.3060506@mipk.kharkiv.edu> In-Reply-To: <20040818134834.GD63092@ns2.wananchi.com> References: <20040818134834.GD63092@ns2.wananchi.com>
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Odhiambo Washington wrote:
> Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
>
> I have installed FreeBSD (well, that is the only one I could anyway),
> but I am hitting a snag: When I boot up the box, it refuses to automount
> the root fs, then takes me to "Manual Root File System specification" option.
>
> When I specify
>
> ufs:/dev/amrd0s1a then the box boots. What I don't understand is why it
> is refusing to obey the same thing in fstab..
>
> ....
>
> mountroot> ufs:/dev/amrd0s1a
> Mounting root from ufs:/dev/amrd0s1a
>
>
> How do I get around this one????
>
Try to compile rootfs specification in to the kernel:
options ROOTDEVNAME=\"ufs:amrd0s1a\"
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Sincerely yours,
Artyom V. Viklenko.
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