From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 14 15:59:56 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 67D9416A404 for ; Mon, 14 May 2007 15:59:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david@functionalchaos.net) Received: from mrelay-i2.mesd.k12.or.us (mrelay-v2.mesd.k12.or.us [198.236.68.99]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BE1413C45A for ; Mon, 14 May 2007 15:59:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david@functionalchaos.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mrelay-i2.mesd.k12.or.us (Postfix) with ESMTP id F361A2CA8E; Mon, 14 May 2007 08:42:22 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at mesd.k12.or.us Received: from mrelay-i2.mesd.k12.or.us ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mrelay-v2.mesd.k12.or.us [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id fJmXj2CcqYD5; Mon, 14 May 2007 08:42:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.mesd.k12.or.us (mail-x.mesd.k12.or.us [198.236.66.2]) by mrelay-i2.mesd.k12.or.us (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45B512C0BA; Mon, 14 May 2007 08:42:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [198.236.66.125] (dcramblett.mesd.k12.or.us [198.236.66.125]) by mail.mesd.k12.or.us (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3378B3F4206; Mon, 14 May 2007 08:42:22 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4648835D.9020306@functionalchaos.net> Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 08:42:21 -0700 From: David Cramblett User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?UTF-8?B?RGFnLUVybGluZyBTbcO4cmdyYXY=?= References: <4640EAD0.3020502@mesd.k12.or.us> <4647D88D.5060404@functionalchaos.net> <86wszbx3tu.fsf@dwp.des.no> In-Reply-To: <86wszbx3tu.fsf@dwp.des.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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 15:59:56 -0000 Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > 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 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