Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 08:42:21 -0700 From: David Cramblett <david@functionalchaos.net> To: =?UTF-8?B?RGFnLUVybGluZyBTbcO4cmdyYXY=?= <des@des.no> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: System Drops to manual mount root prompt after HDD duplication Message-ID: <4648835D.9020306@functionalchaos.net> In-Reply-To: <86wszbx3tu.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <4640EAD0.3020502@mesd.k12.or.us> <4647D88D.5060404@functionalchaos.net> <86wszbx3tu.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > 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 I have no boot.config. [root@www /]# cat /boot/loader.conf # -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # userconfig_script_load="YES" I also tried an option I found while searching for a solution root_disk_unit="0" although that did not help. David
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