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Date:      Mon, 14 May 2007 09:27:25 +0200
From:      des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?utf-8?Q?Sm=C3=B8rgrav?=)
To:        David Cramblett <david@functionalchaos.net>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: System Drops to manual mount root prompt after HDD duplication
Message-ID:  <86wszbx3tu.fsf@dwp.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <4647D88D.5060404@functionalchaos.net> (David Cramblett's message of "Sun\, 13 May 2007 20\:33\:33 -0700")
References:  <4640EAD0.3020502@mesd.k12.or.us> <4647D88D.5060404@functionalchaos.net>

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David Cramblett <david@functionalchaos.net> writes:
> My FreeBSD 5.2.1 server had a 4.5 GB HDD.  I decided to upgrade it
> with a larger drive.  I installed a new drive on the second IDE
> channel which made it ad2, of course, my original drive was ad0. I
> created a partition, boot loader and matching slices on the new drive.
> Then I copied the old drive to the new drive using tar.  Once
> finished, I removed the original drive and installed the new one on
> the primary channel.  When I booted up everything appeared normal, but
> when the system starts to mount "/" it gives no error or warning and
> just drops to a "Manual mount root specification" prompt.  If  I type
> "ufs:ad0s1a" it boots up and everything is perfect.  This is the same
> slice "/" was on the old drive as well.

What's in your /boot.config and /boot/loader.conf?

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no



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