Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 09:26:51 -0400 From: "Robert Ames" <robertames@hotmail.com> To: M.Hirsch@hirsch.it Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel can't find root filesystem Message-ID: <BAY123-F1625CB9B8881D68419B806C97B0@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <449CFC28.5050100@hirsch.it>
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>From: "M.Hirsch" <M.Hirsch@hirsch.it>
>
>I had the same problem with 6.1. But only on some occasions, not always
>(iirc).
>The installations I made over the last weeks had all very different
>environments and deployment methods.
>I can't tell anymore when it happens and when not because I simply added
>the below loader.conf setting to my postinstall-script.
>
>Add "vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:da0s1" to /boot/loader.conf to fix it.
Thank you. That solves my problem even though it seems more like
a workaround than an actual solution. But I'll take it. :-)
Also, someone responded asking if I had a valid entry in /etc/fstab
for the root filesystem.
foo# cat /etc/fstab
# Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump
Pass#
/dev/da0s1a / ufs rw 1
1
/dev/da0s1b none swap sw 0 0
/dev/da1s1d /local ufs rw 2
2
/dev/cd0 /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0
0
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