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Date:      Mon, 23 Dec 2002 12:38:02 -0800 (PST)
From:      David Nicholas Kayal <davek@saturn5.com>
To:        Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: mount problems.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.44.0212231222270.58715-100000@blackbox.yayproductions.com>
In-Reply-To: <20021223201457.GP690@freepuppy.bellavista.cz>

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Is there an http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-replys.html?

Here is a copy of my fstab file:

> more fstab
# See the fstab(5) manual page for important information on automatic mounts
# of network filesystems before modifying this file.
#
# Device                Mountpoint      FStype  Options         Dump
Pass#
/dev/ad0s1b             none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/ad0s1a             /               ufs     rw              1       1
proc                    /proc           procfs  rw              0       0
>

The system will boot up once I type in the following at the mountroot
prompt.

ufs:/dev/ad0s1a

I am just trying to figure out why I need to type that in.

here is a snip of dmesg:
ad0: 1033MB <IBM-DSOA-21080> [2100/16/63] at ata0-master BIOSPIO

Manual root filesystem specification:
  <fstype>:<device>  Mount <device> using filesystem <fstype>
                       eg. ufs:/dev/da0s1a
  ?                  List valid disk boot devices
  <empty line>       Abort manual input

mountroot> ufs:/dev/ad0s1a
Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a

My goal is to have the system automatically boot up should the power be
recycled.

Just for grins:

> uname -a
FreeBSD irrigation.yayproductions.com 4.7-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE #0:
Wed Oct  9 15:08:34 GMT 2002
root@builder.freebsdmall.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386

I read the message:

	http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=freebsd-questions&m=104060845629617

But it seems that the person is having another problem all together.

Thanks for your help.

David

On Mon, 23 Dec 2002, Roman Neuhauser wrote:

> # 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. :)
>
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