From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 11 22:32:57 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E5011065677 for ; Tue, 11 May 2010 22:32:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F7C58FC0C for ; Tue, 11 May 2010 22:32:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws1 with SMTP id 1so25157vws.13 for ; Tue, 11 May 2010 15:32:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=1akqibPKTUmp/E7oUu0gReS2h0c+OBvx0ROWhpWSD7U=; b=IhR6ERR47XdQcdA+iKh3AZtsm2KIr1fHphP3FT8E0DrLVgtiU9xEtAIwqAaGtdckJM 28sCwgU9mPhyg2ydn6br99neTpNakj8+vTl4ft6DguAzIp25+vkgTnaHhNU2CqkyYGv3 p/d0sZqWpG6ERuagrxBxEGdtXJMrOtCRDaJbE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=cRQhqmq56Jd9x8+mhPqhTqy/t0AnmkiZEyjqIL0J7A14AD7qo/kvSxKKz/RH8VGbtf es8zhQnrIUSBledAJ/oSI4nOW4HuGF9yucQWfCSh9NoCVJyYL0i23dyKdotidOp3B/3L 43cHb5YB3DQZqthRdbAE8U4+wrXcKanUJXkws= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.235.202 with SMTP id kh10mr4752758qcb.78.1273615618052; Tue, 11 May 2010 15:06:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.99.67 with HTTP; Tue, 11 May 2010 15:06:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4BE9B41B.5020000@eskk.nu> References: <4BE9B41B.5020000@eskk.nu> Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 17:06:58 -0500 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: Leslie Jensen Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disk can't be found, boot stops at mountroot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 22:32:57 -0000 On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Leslie Jensen wrote: > System 7.2-RELEASE > > I made the first reboot after > > freebsd-update -r 8.0-RELEASE > > freebsd-update install > > and I'm now stuck at the mountroot> prompt that says trying to mount from > ufs:/dev/ad0s1a > > ROOT MOUNT ERROR > > The command ? to list valid boot devices gives > List of GEOM managed disk devices: > cd0 ufsid/452b81499eec5ac8 ad0a acd0 ad0 fd0 > > I've tried > > ufs:/dev/da0s1a > > and > > ufs:/dev/ad0s1a > > With no luck > > Any suggestions on how to get booted? > If you boot off a 7.2 cd, can you see the proper partitions? What are they? -- Adam Vande More