From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 4 09:36:18 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C642106564A for ; Sat, 4 Jun 2011 09:36:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 003578FC17 for ; Sat, 4 Jun 2011 09:36:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r55.edvax.de (port-92-195-63-204.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.63.204]) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 615721D9E8; Sat, 4 Jun 2011 11:36:16 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r55.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r55.edvax.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with SMTP id p549aF56003961; Sat, 4 Jun 2011 11:36:15 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 11:36:15 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Erik =?ISO-8859-1?Q?N=F8rgaard?= Message-Id: <20110604113615.61f59d5b.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <4DE9F6FC.7060705@locolomo.org> References: <4DE9ED56.9020504@locolomo.org> <20110604104812.dfbf2888.freebsd@edvax.de> <4DE9F6FC.7060705@locolomo.org> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: "questions@FreeBSD.org Questions" Subject: Re: Where's my disk? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2011 09:36:18 -0000 On Sat, 04 Jun 2011 11:12:28 +0200, Erik N=F8rgaard = wrote: > Thanks, I tried to add labels, and all file systems are labeled, except=20 > the root file system, it gives an error >=20 > alpha# tunefs -L root /dev/ad6s1a > tunefs: /dev/ad6s1a: failed to write superblock >=20 > Can I use the fsid in fstab? >=20 > alpha# mount -v > /dev/ad6s1a on / (ufs, local, fsid c18a2f44f29adbc0) > devfs on /dev (devfs, local, multilabel, fsid 00ff000606000000) > /dev/ufs/local on /usr/local (ufs, local, fsid c58a2f44da5dfaa7) > /dev/ufs/var on /var (ufs, local, fsid c98a2f44462bb250) > /dev/ufs/tmp on /tmp (ufs, local, fsid d38a2f44b88ac8e5) > /dev/ufs/home on /home (ufs, local, fsid d58a2f449675649f) > /dev/ufs/share on /home/share (ufs, local, fsid e28a2f4464800a20) > devfs on /var/named/dev (devfs, local, multilabel, fsid 01ff000606000000) That should work (as the kernel supports this feature or the corresponding module has been loaded). Maybe you can check this in the "old setting"? > As for the screen I've usually done without, I know my system well, but=20 > if the disk moves, I'm lost. For the keyboard, maybe a PS2 to USB adapter? If you have a USB keyboard, you can directly use that - after the kernel has come up, the keyboard can be used. PRIOR to that point, it may needed to enable some kind of "USB keyboard legacy support" in the BIOS / CMOS setup. I'm using a native USB keyboard here (Sun Type 7) which can't be used until the kernel loads ukbd; for emergency purposes, I still have to attach a regular PS/2 keyboard to the powerless system... or use the HIL plug to plug the keyboard cord into the keyboard - yes, it's an IBM model M. :-) An adapter from PS/2 to USB (if you don't have a USB, but a PS/2 keyboard) should also work. I have a cheap one (from China) here, works very good. But as I mentioned, it's also possible to make FreeBSD booting to and accessing from a serial console, no matter if you use a real serial terminal (e. g. DEC vt100), a laptop with a serial cable and a terminal program (e. g. cu), or a means to connect to the serial port that provides telnet access (such devices are often found in datacenters, and some of them allow accessing a system's serial console through a web interface). In the past, I had some headless Sun boxes (Sparcs and Ultras) that I connected to using a real serial terminal - fully sufficient, used less than once per year. :-) --=20 Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...