From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 17 17:48:15 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25C6C37B422 for ; Sat, 17 May 2003 17:48:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rizzo.jerky.net (rizzo.jerky.net [204.57.55.99]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A94543FA3 for ; Sat, 17 May 2003 17:48:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from teilhk@Phreaker.net) Received: from phreaker.net (kubrick.hotpop.com [204.57.55.16]) by rizzo.jerky.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 9685233DB2 for ; Sun, 18 May 2003 00:10:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dsl-200-95-25-67.prodigy.net.mx (dsl-200-95-25-67.prodigy.net.mx [200.95.25.67]) by smtp-2.hotpop.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A593618034A; Sun, 18 May 2003 00:10:38 +0000 (UTC) From: Teilhard Knight To: David Banning , FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <20030517112612.A90654@skytrackercanada.com> References: <1053146515.3406.32.camel@arlette.love.dad> <20030517112612.A90654@skytrackercanada.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1053216663.3342.9.camel@arlette.love.dad> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.4-1.1mdk Date: 17 May 2003 19:11:03 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-HotPOP: ----------------------------------------------- Sent By HotPOP.com FREE Email Get your FREE POP email at www.HotPOP.com ----------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Booting problem again X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 00:48:15 -0000 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?