Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:45:02 -0700 From: John Rushford <jjr@alisa.org> To: John Rushford <jjr@alisa.org>, <jjr@larush.com>, Gary Palmer <gpalmer@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Reuben <rapopp@marvin.eastcentral.edu>, Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz> Subject: Re: Broken loader on 7.1-STABLE? Message-ID: <C59D1DAE.25E5%jjr@alisa.org> In-Reply-To: <C59D189E.25E1%jjr@alisa.org>
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On 1/21/09 6:23 PM, "John Rushford" <jjr@alisa.org> wrote: > > > > On 1/21/09 9:52 AM, "jjr@larush.com" <jjr@larush.com> wrote: > >>> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 06:22:00PM -0700, John Rushford wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> Perhaps mine is a different issue but I ran into this today. >>>> >>>> I loaded FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE from a DVD onto an Apple Mac Pro after >>>> partitioning a drive with bootcamp. The install went quite well and the >>>> machine came up with no issues. I configured networking, X, and got >>>> gnome >>>> working. I setup cvsup and loaded the STABLE sources, ran make >>>> buildworld, >>>> make kernel, etc... >>>> >>>> I attempted to boot into single user to run mergemaster, installworld, >>>> etc.. >>>> But the machine will not boot, I now get the following errror and >>>> prompt: >>>> >>>> Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad9s1a >>>> >>>> Manual root filesystem specification: >>>> <fstype>:<device> Mount <device> using filesystem <fstype> >>>> e.g. ufs:da0s1a >>>> ? List valid disk boot devices >>>> <empty line> Abort manual input >>>> >>>> I input ufs:/dev/ad9s1a to no avail and ? Does not list any other >>>> devices. >>>> >>>> I've booted from the DVD and gone into Fixit mode and can mount >>>> /dev/ad9s1a >>>> just fine. I thought that I'd try putting back loader.old on the off >>>> chance >>>> that might solve the problem but, I do not see a loader.old, just >>>> loader. >>>> The kernel.old directory is there. >>>> >>>> Any ideas on what the issue might be and how to fix? >>>> >>>> Appreciate the help as I'd like to get 7.1-STABLE running on this >>>> machine. >>> >>> Did the kernel probe messages prior to the mountroot prompt indicate that >>> the appropriate disk controllers were found/probed and that the >>> disk devices were found on the disk controllers? The lack of >>> any devices listed when you asked might indicate a kernel configuration >>> problem. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Gary >>> >>> P.S. Please do not top post. >>> >> >> I believe the appropriate disk controllers were found, I had no trouble >> mounting the root filesystem while in Fixit. I'll double check this >> evening and let you know. I have gone back and booted without issue from >> kernel.old and the machine is running 7.1-RELEASE. >> >> John > > Hmm, I have 3 disks in this Mac Pro with FreeBSD installed on the disk in > Bay 3. When I boot the 7.1-RELEASE GENERIC kernel from the DVD install, > these 3 disks are named ad8, ad9, and ad10. The FreeBSD resides on ad9s1a. > I built 7.1-STABLE GENERIC kernel with no modifications except to comment > out the debug option. When I boot this kernel, the disks are re-named as > ad6, ad7, and ad8 and I'm dropped into this prompt: > > Manual root filesystem specification: > > <fstype>:<device> Mount <device> using filesystem <fstype> > e.g. ufs:da0s1a > ? List valid disk boot devices > <empty line> Abort manual input > > ? Lists no valid disks. > > Next I boot from DVD with the 7.1-RELEASE Kernel and the disks are named as > before, I can mount /dev/ad9s1a and switch back to the 7.1-RELEASE kernel in > /boot to get the machine back up. > > Any ideas? > > John > BTW, its a Mac Pro and an AMD64 kernel
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