From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 23 12:15:11 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 795C337B401 for ; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 12:15:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.bellavista.cz (mail.bellavista.cz [62.168.44.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B93C43EEF for ; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 12:15:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from neuhauser@bellavista.cz) Received: from freepuppy.bellavista.cz (freepuppy.bellavista.cz [10.0.0.10]) by mail.bellavista.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BFAD28E; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 21:14:59 +0100 (CET) Received: by freepuppy.bellavista.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 0A8DB2FDBC6; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 21:14:58 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 21:14:57 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser To: David Nicholas Kayal Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mount problems. Message-ID: <20021223201457.GP690@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mail-Followup-To: David Nicholas Kayal , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG # davek@saturn5.com / 2002-12-23 11:40:36 -0800: > For the past two freebsd installations I've done, I've run into a problem > where they system, upon booting, throws me into a manual root filesystem > specification prompt where I need to manually type the file system and the > device I wish to boot off of. > > Yet when I check things such as /etc/fstab everything seems to be set up > correctly. > > Any assistance would be appreciated. 1) http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html 2) doesn't it have something to do with shuffling the disks after the install? I can't decipher whether a) you know how to get from there and just wonder about the cause, or b) you are actually looking for support. If a), I don't know. If b), the procedure has been described on the list just a few hours ago: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=freebsd-questions&m=104060845629617 If it's something completely unrelated, then sorry for wasting your time. :) -- If you cc me or remove the list(s) completely I'll most likely ignore your message. see http://www.eyrie.org./~eagle/faqs/questions.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message