From owner-freebsd-bugs Sat Sep 21 23: 0: 3 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F239637B401 for ; Sat, 21 Sep 2002 23:00:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 522A843E75 for ; Sat, 21 Sep 2002 23:00:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g8M601Co021137 for ; Sat, 21 Sep 2002 23:00:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g8M601fb021136; Sat, 21 Sep 2002 23:00:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D3B437B401 for ; Sat, 21 Sep 2002 22:50:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 292F643E6A for ; Sat, 21 Sep 2002 22:50:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g8M5oD7R078114 for ; Sat, 21 Sep 2002 22:50:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g8M5oDR3078113; Sat, 21 Sep 2002 22:50:13 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200209220550.g8M5oDR3078113@www.freebsd.org> Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 22:50:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Russell Rice To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-1.0 Subject: i386/43222: setrootbyname panic in 4.6 Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Number: 43222 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: setrootbyname panic in 4.6 >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Sep 21 23:00:00 PDT 2002 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Russell Rice >Release: 4.6 >Organization: >Environment: can't quite get there? - any suggestions would be appreciated. >Description: I can install 4.4 no problems. But when I try to install 4.6 (or after cvsup-ing the latest RELENG_4 source and compiling), I get the following during boot: ppi0: on ppbus0 acd0: CDROM at ata1-slave BIOSPIO Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a no such device 'ad' setrootbyname failed ffs_mountroot: can't find rootvp Root mount failed: 6 Manual root filesystem specification: : Mount using filesystem eg. ufs:/dev/da0s1a ? List valid disk boot devices Abort manual input mountroot> When I try the '?' option, I get the following: Possibly valid devices for the 'ufs' root: "console" "ctty" "mem" "pts" "ptc" "log" "fd" "sc" "lpt" "psm" "FD" "bpf" "sio" "tun" "pci" "ppi" "md" "xpt" "kbd" "acd" "asr" "ata" "iir" "MFS" then the "Manual root filesystem specification:" message Machine is a fairly old Gateway Pentium 100-mHz box with two (fairly old/small) Western Digital hard drives in it - a 2-gig (I think) and a 4-gig. >How-To-Repeat: Installing or upgrading to 4.6 (RELENG_4) >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message