Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:11:16 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: freebsd@johnea.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot problem after freebsd-update from 9.1-RC2 to 9.1-RC3 Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211202201460.42121@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <50AC3116.6010600@johnea.net> References: <50ABE97B.5030408@johnea.net> <50AC041A.7050607@dreamchaser.org> <50AC3116.6010600@johnea.net>
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On Tue, 20 Nov 2012, freebsd@johnea.net wrote: > On 2012-11-20 14:28, Gary Aitken wrote: >> On 11/20/12 13:34, freebsd@johnea.net wrote: > >>> freebsd-update upgrade -r 9.1-RC3 > ... >>> "Not UFS" "No ada0" "No boot" > >> >> Seems like it isn't supposed to work for 9.1-RC2 >> > > I previously used binary update to migrate from 9.0 to 9.1, via: > > freebsd-update upgrade -r 9.1-RC1 > freebsd-update install > reboot > freebsd-update install > reboot > > I'm starting to think having the swap partition in gm0s1a and the booting UFS partition in ada0s1b is the problem: > http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=31954 > > The "Not UFS" error comes immediately on boot. > > If I boot from rescue media, I can start the gmirror, mount it and chroot into it. > > The whole install seems fine except for the first stage boot loader finding the UFS partition. > > A handy bootloader config trick would be greatly appreciated! boot(8) says The automatic boot will attempt to load /boot/loader from partition `a' of either the floppy or the hard disk. You could try setting the correct device path in /boot/boot.config, but I suspect that won't be read until too late. gptboot looks for the first UFS partition. Maybe /boot/boot can be modified to do that also.
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