From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 21 08:47:50 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 CB911106566B; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:47:50 +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 654198FC17; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:47:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Matthias.Apitz@oclc.org) Received: from rebelion.Sisis.de ([10.0.1.29]) by mail.pica.nl with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:47:48 +0200 Received: (from guru@localhost) by rebelion.Sisis.de (8.14.2/8.13.8/Submit) id n3L8llHd003523; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:47:47 +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 10:47:47 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz To: Hans Petter Selasky Message-ID: <20090421084747.GA3482@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 08:47:48.0959 (UTC) FILETIME=[D94366F0:01C9C25D] 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 08:47:51 -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 :-) > > > > the laptop itself can't boot from USB devices but there is still the old > > boot block on the disk which sees the USB as 'Drive 1' and offers to > > boot from by typing F5: > > > > F1: FreeBSD > > F5: Drive 1 > > > > I typed F5 > > ... additional information: I did the same on some other laptop I have and there is a message: Root mount waiting for: ubus4 before the message da0: Removable Direct Access SCSI-2 device da0: 40.000MB/s transfers da0: 7712MB (15794176 512 byte sectors: 255H 63 S/T 983C) comes up and then again Root mount waiting for: ubus4 Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/da0sa1 which works fine and the system comes up from USB key; maybe this helps to figure out what the problem is; thx 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.