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Date:      Tue, 3 May 2016 10:42:51 +0200
From:      Edward Tomasz =?utf-8?Q?Napiera=C5=82a?= <trasz@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Graham Menhennitt <graham@menhennitt.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: boot fails "Can't stat /dev/da0a: No such file or directory"
Message-ID:  <20160503084251.GB5892@brick>
In-Reply-To: <57266A7E.1070500@menhennitt.com.au>
References:  <57247294.4050607@menhennitt.com.au> <57266A7E.1070500@menhennitt.com.au>

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On 0502T0643, Graham Menhennitt wrote:
> On 30/04/2016 06:53 PM, Graham Menhennitt wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have a USB disk that I use for backup. Up till now, it's mounted
> > without any problems at boot time. After updating to -current as of
> > yesterday, it doesn't mount and causes the boot to fail.
> >
> > My /etc/fstab looks like:
> >
> >     # Device    Mountpoint    FStype    Options    Dump    Pass#
> >
> >     /dev/ada0s1a    /        ufs    rw    1    1
> >     /dev/ada0s1b    none        swap    sw    0    0
> >     /dev/da0a    /backup        ufs    rw,late    1    1
> >
> >
> > I tried adding the "late" to fix the problem, but it doesn't help.
> >
> > The error message is:
> >
> >     /dev/ada0s1a: clean...
> >     Can't stat /dev/da0a: No such file or directory
> >     Unknown error; help!
> >     ERROR: ABORTING BOOT (sending SIGTERM to parent)!
> >
> >
> > (hand transcribed - maybe typos)
> >
> > Can anybody help, please.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >     Graham
> Sorry, I forgot to mention...
> 
> I commented out that line from fstab which allows the boot to complete.
> I can then manually mount it without any problems. It looks like the
> device doesn't get created early enough.

Have you run mergemaster after upgrade?  In particular, do you have
the current version of /etc/rc.d/mountcritlocal?




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