From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 17 3:55:52 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from axel.truedestiny.net (b76168.upc-b.chello.nl [212.83.76.168]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A64337B416 for ; Sat, 17 Nov 2001 03:55:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by axel.truedestiny.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40D9449A24; Sat, 17 Nov 2001 12:55:47 +0100 (CET) Received: by axel.truedestiny.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7AB7449A23; Sat, 17 Nov 2001 12:55:44 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 12:55:44 +0100 From: Axel Scheepers To: "William S." Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot hangs at "mounting root from UFS:" Message-ID: <20011117125544.A7072@mars.thuis> Reply-To: Axel Scheepers References: <20011117113256.2922.qmail@web13308.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011117113256.2922.qmail@web13308.mail.yahoo.com>; from wilby98@yahoo.com on Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 03:32:56AM -0800 X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS perl-10 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 03:32:56AM -0800, William S. wrote: > My PC hangs and stops at: > > "mounting root from UFS:/dev/ad0s4a" > > I am running FreeBSD4.4. > Recently I installed another OS and that process > rearraged my slices. So FreeBSD now resides at > ad0s4 instead of ad0s3. > > To accomodate this change, I used the fixit.flp > to edit '/etc/fstab' and added the appropriate > devices (ad0s4a, ad0s4b,etc...) to /dev using > MAKEDEV. > I used 'disklabel -e /dev/ad0s4' and everything > looked OK and did a 'disklabel -B /dev/ad0s4'. And how about your /etc/fstab ? You need to put the right root partition in there too, my guess is that that one still points to the old one. > > > I am able to manually mount the partitions > (ad0s4a,ad0s4f) so I know they are still > there. > > What do I need to do now? Boot from the fixit floppy and edit /etc/fstab. > > Note: Please "CC:" a copy of your reply to > me at wilby98@yahoo.com . > > Thank you, You're welcome :) -- Axel Scheepers UNIX System Administrator email: axel@axel.truedestiny.net ascheepers@vianetworks.nl http://axel.truedestiny.net/~axel ------------------------------------------ It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa. ------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message