Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 09:41:25 +0100 (CET) From: roberto@redix.it To: "eechia" <eechia@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: #2 - Swapped disks and now stuck in the mountroot> prompt Message-ID: <39678.192.168.0.1.1077784885.squirrel@mail.redix.it> In-Reply-To: <1045.192.168.0.77.1073926543.squirrel@mail.redix.it> References: <1045.192.168.0.77.1073926543.squirrel@mail.redix.it>
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> > hello, i'm eechia. > i've come across your "mountroot" problem on the web. > i'm facing the similiar problem too. > can you give me some guideline regarding it? > thanks you > > -eechia- > > Date: 12 jan 2004 > > According to me, you have choice: 1) start the kernel with "-a" option (e.g. "boot -a" ): with this flag the device "ufs:/dev/ad2s1a" (warning: type in your appropriate device) is accepted by "mountroot> " and the boot proceed. Than I can change the fstab accordingly to make the change permanent. 2) boot with a rescue cdrom, get a shell prompt and change the /etc/fstab accordingly (yes this file is red before booting the kernel, to instruct the kernel itself to the right root device); But I've an unanswered question from freebsd-questions people: - Why without the boot "-a" flag, why the kernel ask me a device and even it is the correct one vfs_conf.c:vfs_mountroot_ask() give me the error code 6? Bye Roberto
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