From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 12 15:42:22 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 7F25016A41F for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2005 15:42:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from npekyong28@yahoo.com) Received: from web51809.mail.yahoo.com (web51809.mail.yahoo.com [206.190.38.240]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8FF5A43D46 for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2005 15:42:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from npekyong28@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 69071 invoked by uid 60001); 12 Sep 2005 15:42:17 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=4ikRbe5ovSTxPyvxym7mQF58zpKtThEs6WOwpGghQqdXrnndXu6AyJi/SLdCQE1SfJdtylyh3GVwqDy7U6WcoGk5jdV367RHeTAOdA2V0N5tm01LRVmglwZOfun1E72YI6HX/Ct388wIeyecXau6KETZAA827VAX43e2uhoGm30= ; Message-ID: <20050912154217.69069.qmail@web51809.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [202.156.6.69] by web51809.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 12 Sep 2005 08:42:17 PDT Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 08:42:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Ng Pek Yong To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-geom@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200509101051.50672.4711@chello.at> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Subject: Re: Recompiled freebsd 5.4 cannot boot up with geom_mirror X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 15:42:22 -0000 --- Christian Hiris <4711@chello.at> wrote: > On Saturday 10 September 2005 04:06:04, Ng Pek Yong > wrote: > > --- Christian Hiris <4711@chello.at> wrote: > > > On Friday 09 September 2005 17:04:17, Ng Pek > Yong > > > > > > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I am having some problem with geom_mirror on a > > > > > > freebsd > > > > > > > 5.4. > > > > > > > > I followed the steps described in > > > > http://people.freebsd.org/~rse/mirror/ > > > > and got geom_mirror up on a stock freebsd 5.4, > > > > including / partition itself. > > > > > > > > The problem came when I compiled the kernel. > After > > > > pulling in the latest source tree, compiling > and > > > > installing the new kernel, I find that the OS > can > > > > > > no > > > > > > > longer bootup. > > > > > > > > I did with 2 kernel configurations. The 1st is > > > > completely identical to the stock kernel > config. > > > > > > The > > > > > > > 2nd has an extra line "options GEOM_MIRROR". > > > > Both failed to boot up although the errors are > > > > different. > > > > > > You don't need "options GEOM_MIRROR" in your > > > kernelconfig to run gmirror. > > > > > > > 1st config > > > > ---------- > > > > The boot process got stucked when it tries to > > > > > > mount / > > > > > > > The error message is something like this > > > > Mount root from ufs:/dev/mirror/gm0s1a > > > > setrootbyname failed > > > > ffs_mountroot: can't find rootvp > > > > Root mount failed: 6 > > > > > > Maybe there is a typo in your /etc/fstab. Enter > a > > > "?" here to get a list of > > > all your geom devices. Then try to mount / from > the > > > correct device by > > > entering "ufs:mirror/your_root_device" at the > > > "mountroot>" prompt. > > > > I can boot up with kernel.old without problem, so > > there is no typo. > > > > Anyway, I tried your method and list the devices. > I > > get something like > > > > List of GEOM managed disk devices: > > ad1s1f..ad1s1a ad0s1f..ad0s1a acd0 ad1s1 ad0s1 > ad1 > > ad0 fd0 > > > > Obviously something is wrong here. I am supposed > to > > get devices that look like 'gm0s1a' etc > > > > Let me emphasize again. I haven't modified > anything to > > the kernel, not even the kernel options. How could > it > > be so wrong then? > > Did you run "make buildworld" before you run "make > buildkernel"? > Maybe kernel and world are out of sync on your > system. > Yes, that was the problem. Looks like I have a lot to learn about FreeBSD ;) Thanks for helping! Regards, -PY > Cheers, > ch > > -- > Christian Hiris <4711@chello.at> | OpenPGP KeyID > 0x3BCA53BE > OpenPGP-Key at hkp://wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net and > http://pgp.mit.edu > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com