Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 11:47:58 -0400 From: Identry <jalmberg@identry.com> To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: Boot failure Message-ID: <4d4e09680908070847jfed3447v4863b7637585f54@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20090807153027.GA39621@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <4d4e09680908061012q6ea8aeacm875c556eaea7a54f@mail.gmail.com> <4A7B1B41.7090507@unsane.co.uk> <4d4e09680908061733v21602321x252a7111a7648ad6@mail.gmail.com> <4A7C074C.9060303@unsane.co.uk> <4d4e09680908070708x635dcd80ha96a61e9c71b0b6b@mail.gmail.com> <4d4e09680908070708i286b98a7j6f03725a848ae83c@mail.gmail.com> <20090807153027.GA39621@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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> Realize that if you upgrade to 7.x, you'll have to remove and reinstall > all ports because the version number of shared system libraries will > have changed. Yes, I've decided this is way too complicated. >> Or would it be safer to try to bring up the machine on it's own with a >> 6.2 generic kernel, first? > > Seeing as how you can mount the partitions on the drive perfectly by > hand, maybe it was just a glitch. Have you tried rebooting again? Yes. It won't even boot into single user or safe mode. It hangs when it tries to mount the root partition. > If it still doesn't work, try getting into the boot menu and see if the > drive looks OK from there. Not exactly sure what you mean... How can I see what the drive looks like from the boot menu? Sorry if this is a total newbie question... -- John
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