Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:24:02 -0700 From: Brian <bri@brianwhalen.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: details on sata issues and mountroot prompt Message-ID: <48F03872.7050309@brianwhalen.net> In-Reply-To: <48F02B9D.8030300@brianwhalen.net> References: <48F02B9D.8030300@brianwhalen.net>
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Brian wrote: > I have previously written about a mountroot prompt, here are some details. > I have a system with an asus m3a78-emh hdmi board, a 74 gig raptor > drive, and a dual core amd am2 cpu. I have had this result with both > the amd64 and i386 systems. My steps were all conducted today as follows. > > install 7.0 release > run freebsd-update > get src tree > build world > build and install kernel > reboot and be greeted by a mountroot prompt. > > It appears the drive numbering changed. /etc/fstab has the drive > partitions with the number 5, the subsequent reboot got me a number 8. > > This is a test system not doing anything, so I can kick it any which way > to test stuff. > > Brian Whalen I see that I could probably address it with something like this. ed /etc/fstab 1,$s/ad5/ad8/ w q reboot I'll leave it for a bit incase theres something to try testwise. Brian
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