Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 11:37:24 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: "Franco Vitali" <francovitali@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mountroot Message-ID: <44tzuoodaj.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <463b9680.5220a09e.568d.ffffd7cd@mx.google.com> (Franco Vitali's message of "Fri\, 4 May 2007 17\:25\:27 -0300") References: <463b9680.5220a09e.568d.ffffd7cd@mx.google.com>
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"Franco Vitali" <francovitali@gmail.com> writes: > I'm using some old Pentium PCs, to install and test FreeBSD 6.2 > > > > Te problem I have is when I move the HD containing the OS to another > machine, I'm prompted to specify the root partition. > > > > I've checked the /etc/fstab file and everything is ok. > > > > I modified /boot/loader.conf with: > > rootdev="ad0s1a" and "/dev/ad0s1a" (the same in /etc/fstab) > > > > But I keep prompted to mount the root manually when the OS boots: > > > > Mounroot> ufs:ad0s1a > > > > What can I do? The only solution I can think is to reinstall the system in > the new machine, but for other reasons I need to keep the installed OS. There aren't any SCSI disks in this machine, are there? That can complicate things a bit. Have you tried setting root_disk_unit?
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