Date: 17 May 2003 19:11:03 -0500 From: Teilhard Knight <teilhk@Phreaker.net> To: David Banning <david@skytracker.ca>, FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Booting problem again Message-ID: <1053216663.3342.9.camel@arlette.love.dad> In-Reply-To: <20030517112612.A90654@skytrackercanada.com> References: <1053146515.3406.32.camel@arlette.love.dad> <20030517112612.A90654@skytrackercanada.com>
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On Sat, 2003-05-17 at 10:26, David Banning wrote: > > Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad2s2a > > Pid 43 (sh), uid 0: exited on signal 8 > > May 16 01:07:20: init: /bin/sh on /etc/rc > > Terminated abnormally. going to single user mode, enter full pathname of > > shell or RETURN for /bin/sh > > > > If I strike ENTER, I get: > > > > Pid 44 (sh), uid 0: exited on signal 8 > > May 16 01:08:24; init: single user shell terminated. Restarting. > > Enter full path name of shell or RETURN for bin/sh. > > > > If I hit ENTER again, I get the same as above, just with: > > > > Pid 45. > > > > Can anybody help? > > You could try boot from the a cdrom if you have one, mount the drive > and then look around get more information. > > I would try, from the the fixit system on the cdrom, trying to mount > different partitions to find out what partitions are mount-able. > You may then edit your /etc/fstab file (make a copy first). > Once you have more information on the condition of the drives, > you'll be in a better position to post your next question, or just > fix it. Are you sure it is a filesystem mounting problem? Seems to me it is something to do with the shell. I confess I do not know what I am talking about really. But this time the option that Matthew mentioned is active, so, I wouldn't expect the same problem as before. By the way, I can boot with kernel.old. Teilhard Knight The Extraterrestrial Who ate my sandwich?
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