From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 14 20:16:37 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30ADA106564A for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:16:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kamikaze@bsdforen.de) Received: from mail.bsdforen.de (bsdforen.de [212.204.60.79]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1D448FC19 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:16:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kamikaze@bsdforen.de) Received: from mobileKamikaze.norad (unknown [92.116.153.250]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.bsdforen.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5D238A00D3; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:16:06 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <496E47FA.1080103@bsdforen.de> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:15:54 +0100 From: Dominic Fandrey User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090110) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: frank@exit.com References: <496E282A.5070004@sh.cvut.cz> <1231956692.80624.1.camel@jill.exit.com> In-Reply-To: <1231956692.80624.1.camel@jill.exit.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: =?UTF-8?B?VsOhY2xhdiBIYWlzbWFu?= , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mounting / using /dev/ufs/name X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:16:37 -0000 Frank Mayhar wrote: > On Wed, 2009-01-14 at 19:00 +0100, Václav Haisman wrote: >> Hi, >> I tried to mount root slice using the device nodes provided in /dev/ufs >> directory. It works fine for other slices but not for the root slice. If I >> try it I get prompt asking for root slice at boot time. It this not possible >> at all or am I doing something wrong? > > If you don't have geom_label built into the kernel it's a chicken-egg > problem. Even if you do, early startup almost certainly doesn't have > devfs available yet. # mount /dev/ufs/2root on / (ufs, local) devfs on /dev (devfs, local) /dev/ufs/2tmp on /tmp (ufs, local, soft-updates) /dev/ufs/2usr on /usr (ufs, local, soft-updates) /dev/ufs/2var on /var (ufs, local, soft-updates) /usr/home/root on /root (nullfs, local) pid1026@mobileKamikaze:/var/run/automounter.amd.mnt on /var/run/automounter.amd.mnt (nfs) /dev/fuse0 on /var/run/automounter.mnt/ntfs/2vault (fusefs, local, noatime, synchronous Try to add geom_label_load="YES" to your /boot/loader.conf file.