From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Sun May 1 20:43:55 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08B4EB29D10 for ; Sun, 1 May 2016 20:43:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from graham@menhennitt.com.au) Received: from homiemail-a94.g.dreamhost.com (sub5.mail.dreamhost.com [208.113.200.129]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CB7DE12B6 for ; Sun, 1 May 2016 20:43:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from graham@menhennitt.com.au) Received: from homiemail-a94.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a94.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EDC938A059 for ; Sun, 1 May 2016 13:43:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=menhennitt.com.au; h= subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-type; s=menhennitt.com.au; bh=XwzJcoju8OZ34 h8jij5m2LwuJaU=; b=ANkUPcO25ziRwSWbcyQ2XkcEiw6OxGa98DUs8q7gUtWf8 X2/RY7qgwDGBXNqTpgK8lk1TDlxPr2dMY4GkDcCYO4vLYwoBdOqvLVJlCp/Nj/fm W1LfQhA4Z4yzLgzfLsxigva/OBn4fiGMjcyNWVX3FiC+JsKbleHOIOZozytapw= Received: from [203.2.73.68] (c122-107-214-88.mckinn3.vic.optusnet.com.au [122.107.214.88]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: graham@menhennitt.com.au) by homiemail-a94.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 598BF38A058 for ; Sun, 1 May 2016 13:43:45 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: boot fails "Can't stat /dev/da0a: No such file or directory" To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <57247294.4050607@menhennitt.com.au> From: Graham Menhennitt Message-ID: <57266A7E.1070500@menhennitt.com.au> Date: Mon, 2 May 2016 06:43:42 +1000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.7.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <57247294.4050607@menhennitt.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.22 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 May 2016 20:43:55 -0000 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