Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:43:58 +0000 From: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz_lst@tdx.co.uk> To: egoitz@ramattack.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9-R pxeboot fails with 'Mounting root filesystem rw failed'... Message-ID: <326A337AEB321D9EDA1AFFF4@OctaHexa64-MkII> In-Reply-To: <55469.194.30.18.3.1330599220.squirrel@www1.saremail.com> References: <0D52CADE287778C263E7EF6A@OctaHexa64-MkII> <55469.194.30.18.3.1330599220.squirrel@www1.saremail.com>
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--On 01 March 2012 11:53 +0100 egoitz@ramattack.net wrote: > So I recomend you reading last mails of mine in freebsd-hackers... > > Hope it helps, > Bye! For what it's worth - I've resolved the issue I had (which was basically the system booted, but failed trying to re-mount root as RW, and hence wouldn't go into the installer). The fix I did was to change the '/etc/fstab' on the Netboot server (i.e. the copy of FreeBSD that you're booting). It contains: " /dev/iso9660/FREEBSD_INSTALL / cd9660 ro 0 0 " Just commenting out that line, i.e. " #/dev/iso9660/FREEBSD_INSTALL / cd9660 ro 0 0 " Means the boot now completes, and I get offered the "Install / Shell / Live CD" prompt, instead of an error about not being able to remount root. I've yet to complete an install this way (so far we're just using a script to extract the new 9.x style '.txz' files). But that little change does let us netboot correctly now, enough for what we need. -Karl
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