Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 14:18:36 -0500 From: Ean Kingston <ean@hedron.org> To: info@sonservers.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install 5.3 - Getting mountroot> prompt Message-ID: <200502121418.37242.ean@hedron.org> In-Reply-To: <2005212111810.723572@IBM-R40> References: <2005212111810.723572@IBM-R40>
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On February 12, 2005 12:18 pm, you wrote: > > On February 11, 2005 09:42 pm, Scott wrote: > > > I will really appreciate it of > > > someone can help > > > me out. > > > > > > I am installing 5.3 on a dual p3 > > > server. I have > > > two 160 gig Seagate IDE drives on the > > > first IDE > > > connector, and a CD rom on the 2nd > > > IDE connector. > > > I have reinstalled several times with > > > different > > > drive configurations and keep getting > > > stuck at > > > the same place. > > > > > > At boot, the normal countdown loader > > > comes up and > > > it begins to boot. The boot message > > > gets to this > > > drive section below and then stops at > > > a > > > "mountroot>" prompt. > > > > > > Begin copy ....... > > > > > > ad0: 152627MB <ST3160023A/8.01> > > > [310101/16/63] > > > at ata0-master UDMA66 > > > ad1: 152627MB <ST3160023A/8.01> > > > [310101/16/63] > > > at ata0-master UDMA66 > > > acd0: <CDU5211/YYS2> at ata1-master > > > PIO4 > > > > Your problem may be that you have two > > drives on the same connector that are both > > configured as the master. You need to > > switch the ad1 drive to be the slave. > > Thanks Ean, > > That was an error in my posting. The second drive > actually does show on the output as "slave". I > retyped that into my message from the screen and > copied and pasted that line and didn't change the > "master" to "slave". It actually does show master and > slave correctly. Okay. No problem. I didn't see anything else wrong with what you posted. For what it's worth, I've got an almost identical setup except my drives are 120GB ATA-100. > The master/slave settings are actually correct. Sorry > for the confusion. > > I'm going to try to install 5.2.1 again and see if I still > have the same issue. > > > > Manual root filesystem specification: > > > <fstype>:<device> Mount <device> > > > using filesystem > > > <fstype> > > > eg. usf:da0s1a > > > ? List valid desk boot devices > > > <empty line> Abort manual input > > > > > > mountroot> > > > > > > ............ End copy > > > > > > If I type: ufs:ad0s1a > > > at that "mountroot>" > > > prompt, it will boot normally and as > > > far as I can > > > tell, all is working like I would > > > expect. I > > > suspected this may have something to > > > do with my > > > fstab but it looks normal to me: > > > > > > /dev/ad0s1b none swap sw 0 0 > > > /dev/ad1s1b none swap sw 0 0 > > > /dev/ad0s1a / ufs rw > > > 1 1 > > > /dev/ad1s1d /backup ufs rw 2 2 > > > /dev/ad0s1d /tmp ufs rw > > > 2 2 > > > /dev/acd0 /cdrom cd9660 > > > ro,noauto 0 0 > > > > > > Please let me know if I can provide > > > more > > > information that will help you help > > > me know > > > what to do to get it to automatically > > > go on > > > to boot ad0s1a. -- Ean Kingston E-Mail: ean AT hedron DOT org URL: http://www.hedron.org/
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