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Date:      Mon, 2 May 2016 06:43:42 +1000
From:      Graham Menhennitt <graham@menhennitt.com.au>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: boot fails "Can't stat /dev/da0a: No such file or directory"
Message-ID:  <57266A7E.1070500@menhennitt.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <57247294.4050607@menhennitt.com.au>
References:  <57247294.4050607@menhennitt.com.au>

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On 30/04/2016 06:53 PM, Graham Menhennitt wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a USB disk that I use for backup. Up till now, it's mounted
> without any problems at boot time. After updating to -current as of
> yesterday, it doesn't mount and causes the boot to fail.
>
> My /etc/fstab looks like:
>
>     # Device    Mountpoint    FStype    Options    Dump    Pass#
>
>     /dev/ada0s1a    /        ufs    rw    1    1
>     /dev/ada0s1b    none        swap    sw    0    0
>     /dev/da0a    /backup        ufs    rw,late    1    1
>
>
> I tried adding the "late" to fix the problem, but it doesn't help.
>
> The error message is:
>
>     /dev/ada0s1a: clean...
>     Can't stat /dev/da0a: No such file or directory
>     Unknown error; help!
>     ERROR: ABORTING BOOT (sending SIGTERM to parent)!
>
>
> (hand transcribed - maybe typos)
>
> Can anybody help, please.
>
> Thanks,
>     Graham
Sorry, I forgot to mention...

I commented out that line from fstab which allows the boot to complete.
I can then manually mount it without any problems. It looks like the
device doesn't get created early enough.

Graham



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