Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 09:05:40 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Kris Kennaway <kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: Christopher Masto <chris@netmonger.net>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Running 4.0, a few weirdies Message-ID: <199901241705.JAA03841@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 24 Jan 1999 21:07:18 %2B1030." <Pine.OSF.4.05.9901242103460.31801-100000@bragg>
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> On Sun, 24 Jan 1999, Christopher Masto wrote: > > > The old "unable to mount /, specified device does not match root > > device" on booting. My /etc/fstab had (working with -current from > > just a few weeks ago): > > > > /dev/wd0s1a / ufs rw 1 1 > > > > I thought this was the new world order.. apparently not. I had to change > > it back to: > > > > /dev/wd0a / ufs rw 1 1 > > Just another datapoint: I just bumped into this too upon tipping over to 4.0. Can you boot single-user and send me the output of 'mount'? If you are showing "root_device" on /, you need to re-sup, rebuild and reinstall your bootblocks, then go back to your old /etc/fstab. Note that mount and fsck are supposed to ignore the /etc/fstab settings for / if they can work out what's already there. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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