Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 05:26:34 +0000 From: dhaneshk k <dhaneshkk@hotmail.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Server cannot boot : mount root> got stuck Message-ID: <SNT121-W58F651E3DE7F5926CD09F5B2CE0@phx.gbl>
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Fellow FreeBSDians=2C=20 I am experiencing a problem with my FreeBSD server box. I can't get the s= ystem up. when I boot the machine its boots asking for boot options=2C and = going with the default boot option This is an old freeBSD server box with FreeBSD-6.1 then its reaching mount root> =20 after that nothing=2C its stuck on this prompt mount root> mount root> I didn't do anything=2C day before yesterday its working..=20 Yesterday when I tried to login from my desktop =2C it not allowing me to= login through my ssh keys so I checked physically the server and connected a monitor=2C seeing the= boot splash image is garbled with some alphabetic characters.. and tried= to reboot=2C hardware reboot. But it reaching the boot splash image of FreeBSD with boot options disp= layed=2C but what ever boot option I select =2C it not going further=2C but= reboots again to the boot splash image screen. Today morning I just took its hard disk and connected to another box havin= g same specs Then I started the box=2C with the harddisk of my server ...=2C then it g= oing after the boot=2C so I thought issues over... But my bad=2C this time it comes to a prompt mount root > and stuck = there.. No key board inputs works in mount root> prompt Any hints to recover this issue=2C most appreciated=2C and this is a pro= duction server =2C and I want it up as early as possible. Thanks in Advance Dhanesh =20 _________________________________________________________________ Bollywood This Decade http://entertainment.in.msn.com/bollywoodthisdecade/=
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