From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 14 07:27:29 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDB7C16A407 for ; Mon, 14 May 2007 07:27:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from tim.des.no (tim.des.no [194.63.250.121]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEEF913C4B0 for ; Mon, 14 May 2007 07:27:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from tim.des.no (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spam.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B5AA20AA; Mon, 14 May 2007 09:27:26 +0200 (CEST) X-Spam-Tests: AWL X-Spam-Learn: disabled X-Spam-Score: 0.0/3.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) on tim.des.no Received: from dwp.des.no (des.no [80.203.243.180]) by smtp.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA0FA20A8; Mon, 14 May 2007 09:27:25 +0200 (CEST) Received: by dwp.des.no (Postfix, from userid 1001) id AB961564D; Mon, 14 May 2007 09:27:25 +0200 (CEST) From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?utf-8?Q?Sm=C3=B8rgrav?=) To: David Cramblett References: <4640EAD0.3020502@mesd.k12.or.us> <4647D88D.5060404@functionalchaos.net> Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 09:27:25 +0200 In-Reply-To: <4647D88D.5060404@functionalchaos.net> (David Cramblett's message of "Sun\, 13 May 2007 20\:33\:33 -0700") Message-ID: <86wszbx3tu.fsf@dwp.des.no> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.3 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: System Drops to manual mount root prompt after HDD duplication X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 07:27:30 -0000 David Cramblett 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 --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no