From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 25 16:02:24 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A59EDF87 for ; Sat, 25 Apr 2015 16:02:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx1.webtent.net (mx1.webtent.net [208.38.145.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E9221DC7 for ; Sat, 25 Apr 2015 16:02:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx1.webtent.net (WebTent ESMTP Postfix Internet Mail Exchange) with ESMTP id E5DFED7AE1 for ; Sat, 25 Apr 2015 11:54:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mx1.webtent.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mx1.webtent.net [127.0.0.1]) (maiad, port 10024) with ESMTP id 21220-07 for ; Sat, 25 Apr 2015 11:54:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mx2.webtent.net (mx2.webtent.net [216.139.202.4]) by mx1.webtent.net (WebTent ESMTP Postfix Internet Mail Exchange) with ESMTP id 5DA31D7AE0 for ; Sat, 25 Apr 2015 11:54:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx2.webtent.net (WebTent ESMTP Postfix Internet Mail Exchange) with ESMTP id 1E390D7D0E for ; Sat, 25 Apr 2015 11:54:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mx2.webtent.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mx2.webtent.net [127.0.0.1]) (maiad, port 10024) with ESMTP id 21188-10 for ; Sat, 25 Apr 2015 11:54:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.0.216] (rrcs-74-143-178-62.central.biz.rr.com [74.143.178.62]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: robert@mx2.webtent.net) by mx2.webtent.net (WebTent ESMTP Postfix Internet Mail Exchange) with ESMTPSA id 7531ED7D1B for ; Sat, 25 Apr 2015 11:54:37 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <553BB8BD.8060400@webtent.org> Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2015 11:54:37 -0400 From: Robert Fitzpatrick User-Agent: Postbox 3.0.11 (Windows/20140602) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Subject: System won't boot after loss of power Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: WebTent Mailguard 1.0.3 X-Virus-Scanned: WebTent Mailguard 1.0.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2015 16:02:24 -0000 Looking for some advice on how I might be able to restore a FreeBSD 8 system after a power issue I think. This system was remote when it failed many months ago and only used as backup, so I waited until I was in town to try and fix. Now, I have a system that gives a blinking cursor and will not load the initial FreeBSD boot manager. The system has four (4) drives, two 150GB and two 1TB drives. Each pair is using gmirror with root, /usr, /var and /home on the 150GB pair while my backup data on one slice of the TB drives. I can use Live CD and make changes to the /etc/fstab to use the slices of one pair of drives and chroot to the existing system without gmirror and read all the data from all the partitions. This works for all drives updating fstab for each pair of drives. No matter how I update the fstab file, I just get a blinking cursor without reaching the FreeBSD boot manager at all. How can I diagnose further or restore the boot process? -- Robert