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[146.115.22.46]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id u11sm4272572qtc.61.2018.11.05.09.55.53 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 05 Nov 2018 09:55:53 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: Boot halts at trying to mount root To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <6cb388f3-8ab4-c984-4b3e-729ec84f91ef@FreeBSD.org> From: "David K. Gerry" Message-ID: <63705f08-96e5-29e6-cc1e-d43a5dfdcc98@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2018 12:55:55 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <6cb388f3-8ab4-c984-4b3e-729ec84f91ef@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: CFAF16B269 X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.83 / 200.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.99)[-0.994,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; IP_SCORE(-0.42)[ipnet: 2607:f8b0::/32(-0.59), asn: 15169(-1.45), country: US(-0.06)]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[0.3.7.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.0.0.4.6.8.4.0.b.8.f.7.0.6.2.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[cached: alt3.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.41)[-0.407,0]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; TAGGED_FROM(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[] X-Rspamd-Server: mx1.freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2018 17:55:55 -0000 On 11/5/2018 12:37 PM, Matthew Seaman wrote: > Does /dev/gpt/HoD_Root exist after you've booted via your thumb drive? Yes, that's how I was able to run fsck on the partition. > Is the root partition there but under a different label perhaps? The root partition is correctly labeled I was able to mount it on the thumb drive and verify. > > What does 'gpart show -l ada0' tell you? (Replace 'ada0' for whatever > device name is correct for your boot drive) I'll have to check the results of part show when I have a sighted person to assist me. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > David Gerry Boston, Massachusetts