From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 21 07:01:55 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 127FE1065677 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:01:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Matthias.Apitz@oclc.org) Received: from mail.pica.nl (mail.pica.nl [192.87.44.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1AFB8FC27 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:01:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Matthias.Apitz@oclc.org) Received: from rebelion.Sisis.de ([10.49.96.10]) by mail.pica.nl with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:01:53 +0200 Received: (from guru@localhost) by rebelion.Sisis.de (8.14.2/8.13.8/Submit) id n3L71p1d005761; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:01:51 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from matthias.apitz@oclc.org) X-Authentication-Warning: rebelion.Sisis.de: guru set sender to matthias.apitz@oclc.org using -f Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:01:51 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz To: Hans Petter Selasky Message-ID: <20090421070151.GA5512@rebelion.Sisis.de> References: <20090421061411.GA4047@rebelion.Sisis.de> <200904210837.57231.hselasky@c2i.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <200904210837.57231.hselasky@c2i.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE (i386) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Apr 2009 07:01:53.0638 (UTC) FILETIME=[0D326060:01C9C24F] Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Andrew Thompson Subject: Re: USB key with -CURRENT, but /root not found on one laptop X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Matthias Apitz List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:01:55 -0000 El día Tuesday, April 21, 2009 a las 08:37:56AM +0200, Hans Petter Selasky escribió: > On Tuesday 21 April 2009, Matthias Apitz wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I've a boot-able USB key with -CURRENT from which I have booted and > > installed fine my small EeePC. I now wanted to update with the same > > procedure the laptop of my wife (which still runs RELENG_7) to make her > > happy access to the wonderful world of -CURRENT :-) > > ... > > > > mountroot> > > > > typing at prompt mountroot>: ufs:da0s1a > > > > brings up menu again and again > > > > Why the kernel does not see da0s1a to mount the root filesystem? > > There are some known issues in this area. I think Andrew Thompson is currently > working on these issues. Would it be an option to just boot from a 71R CD into the rescue system, mount the USB key as /mnt, chroot to it and install as # chroot /mnt /bin/sh # fdisk -I ad4 # fdisk -B ad4 # bsdlabel -w ad4s1 auto # bsdlabel -B ad4s1 # newfs /dev/ad4s1a # mkdir /disk # mount /dev/ad4s1a /disk # make installworld DESTDIR=/disk # make installkernel DESTDIR=/disk KERNCONF=GENERIC INSTALL_NODEBUG=t # make distrib-dirs DESTDIR=/disk # make distribution DESTDIR=/disk # echo /dev/ad4s1a / ufs rw 1 1 > /disk/etc/fstab ... ? Thanks matthias -- Matthias Apitz Manager Technical Support - OCLC GmbH Gruenwalder Weg 28g - 82041 Oberhaching - Germany t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e - w http://www.oclc.org/ http://www.UnixArea.de/ People who hate Microsoft Windows use Linux but people who love UNIX use FreeBSD.