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Date:      Tue, 3 May 2016 19:22:14 +1000
From:      Graham Menhennitt <graham@menhennitt.com.au>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: boot fails "Can't stat /dev/da0a: No such file or directory"
Message-ID:  <57286DC6.3010403@menhennitt.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <20160503084251.GB5892@brick>
References:  <57247294.4050607@menhennitt.com.au> <57266A7E.1070500@menhennitt.com.au> <20160503084251.GB5892@brick>

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On 3/05/2016 06:42 PM, Edward Tomasz Napiera=C5=82a wrote:
> 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?
>
Thanks for replying, Edward. Yes I've installed that file. The delay
that Dave told me about has fixed the problem.

Thanks,
    Graham



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