From owner-freebsd-current Sat Mar 21 18:18:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA15868 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sat, 21 Mar 1998 18:18:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA15863 for ; Sat, 21 Mar 1998 18:18:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA07284; Sat, 21 Mar 1998 18:13:51 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199803220213.SAA07284@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Ted Spradley cc: Steve Price , Eivind Eklund , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: panic: cannot mount root In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 21 Mar 1998 19:58:48 CST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 18:13:49 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > Filesytem mount failed, startup aborted. > > ... > > # /sbin/mount /dev/wd0s1 / > > /dev/wd0s1 on /: Specified device does not match mounted device. > > # /sbin/mount /dev/wd0s1a / > > /dev/wd0s1a on /: No such file or directory > > Is there a /dev/wd0s1a ? If not, you need to upgrade your /dev/MAKEDEV > from /usr/src/etc/etc.i386/MAKEDEV (and /dev/MAKEDEV.local from > /usr/src/etc/MAKEDEV.local) and run (cd /dev; sh ./MAKEDEV all) to make > sure wd0s1[a-h] exist. This won't create it. # cd /dev # ./MAKEDEV wd0s1a will create wd0s1[a-h]. The original plaintiff will also want to update /sbin/mount. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message