Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 21:42:33 +0200 From: Christian Hiris <4711@chello.at> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Ng Pek Yong <npekyong28@yahoo.com>, freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recompiled freebsd 5.4 cannot boot up with geom_mirror Message-ID: <200509092145.35996.4711@chello.at> In-Reply-To: <20050909150402.22893.qmail@web51805.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20050909150402.22893.qmail@web51805.mail.yahoo.com>
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--nextPart2295173.eONkj0EE5S Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Friday 09 September 2005 17:04:17, Ng Pek Yong wrote: > Hi, > > I am having some problem with geom_mirror on a freebsd > 5.4. > > I followed the steps described in > http://people.freebsd.org/~rse/mirror/ > and got geom_mirror up on a stock freebsd 5.4, > including / partition itself. > > The problem came when I compiled the kernel. After > pulling in the latest source tree, compiling and > installing the new kernel, I find that the OS can no > longer bootup. > > I did with 2 kernel configurations. The 1st is > completely identical to the stock kernel config. The > 2nd has an extra line "options GEOM_MIRROR". > Both failed to boot up although the errors are > different. You don't need "options GEOM_MIRROR" in your kernelconfig to run gmirror. > 1st config > ---------- > The boot process got stucked when it tries to mount / > The error message is something like this > Mount root from ufs:/dev/mirror/gm0s1a > setrootbyname failed > ffs_mountroot: can't find rootvp > Root mount failed: 6 Maybe there is a typo in your /etc/fstab. Enter a "?" here to get a list of= =20 all your geom devices. Then try to mount / from the correct device by=20 entering "ufs:mirror/your_root_device" at the "mountroot>" prompt. =20 [...] Cheers, ch =2D-=20 Christian Hiris <4711@chello.at> | OpenPGP KeyID 0x3BCA53BE=20 OpenPGP-Key at hkp://wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net and http://pgp.mit.edu --nextPart2295173.eONkj0EE5S Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBDIeZf09WjGjvKU74RApRZAJ0UU6VQLl/t+S9JSqYYs4K4uu8GMQCeK5k3 NkrC/j7c4uqK9PYRhvqYBIA= =+xX5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2295173.eONkj0EE5S--
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