From owner-freebsd-current Sun Jan 24 09:09:41 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA23149 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sun, 24 Jan 1999 09:09:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles340.castles.com [208.214.167.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA23138 for ; Sun, 24 Jan 1999 09:09:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA03841; Sun, 24 Jan 1999 09:05:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199901241705.JAA03841@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Kris Kennaway cc: Christopher Masto , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Running 4.0, a few weirdies In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 24 Jan 1999 21:07:18 +1030." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 09:05:40 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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