From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 2 05:26:35 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 403DD106566C for ; Fri, 2 Jul 2010 05:26:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dhaneshkk@hotmail.com) Received: from snt0-omc4-s9.snt0.hotmail.com (snt0-omc4-s9.snt0.hotmail.com [65.55.90.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 176238FC08 for ; Fri, 2 Jul 2010 05:26:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from SNT121-W58 ([65.55.90.199]) by snt0-omc4-s9.snt0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Thu, 1 Jul 2010 22:26:34 -0700 Message-ID: X-Originating-IP: [218.248.24.26] From: dhaneshk k To: Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 05:26:34 +0000 Importance: Normal MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Jul 2010 05:26:34.0326 (UTC) FILETIME=[22BD5F60:01CB19A7] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Server cannot boot : mount root> got stuck X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2010 05:26:35 -0000 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/=