Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 18:38:04 +0200 (CEST) From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Trond_Endrest=F8l?= <Trond.Endrestol@fagskolen.gjovik.no> To: FreeBSD stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Unable to mount the root fs on stable/8 r264339, GENERIC kernel, with MBR, FreeBSD slice, and UFS volume labels Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1404111820160.9102@mail.fig.ol.no>
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Hi, I have a couple of uncritical systems running stable/8 r258344. Hardware is Dell OptiPlex GX260, BIOS A09, which is the latest rev. The r264339 GENERIC kernel are unable to mount the root fs from the hard drive using MBR, FreeBSD slice, and UFS volume labels. r258344 obviously can. I even tried regular device names like /dev/ad0s1a in /etc/fstab, and at the mountroot> prompt, i.e. ufs:/dev/ad0s1a. The kernel still cannot mount the root fs. The new kernel (r264339) does recognize the ad0 harddrive, and ad0 is listed as one of the GEOM managed disk devices; acd0 being the other one. Do I need to load additional geom modules, or is it a genuine bug? I have recreated the same conditions on a spare GX260, yes, I have plenty of them. In addition there was some problems with the USB subsystem, so I disabled USB in the BIOS for now. USB is not essential for any of my systems. Maybe it's time to leave stable/8 and enter stable/10 or stable/9. I'll try to compile stable/9 on the spare system, and see how it fares. Any thoughts regarding the problem mounting the root fs? -- +-------------------------------+------------------------------------+ | Vennlig hilsen, | Best regards, | | Trond Endrestøl, | Trond Endrestøl, | | IT-ansvarlig, | System administrator, | | Fagskolen Innlandet, | Gjøvik Technical College, Norway, | | tlf. mob. 952 62 567, | Cellular...: +47 952 62 567, | | sentralbord 61 14 54 00. | Switchboard: +47 61 14 54 00. | +-------------------------------+------------------------------------+ From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 11 17:03:22 2014 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EB7586DE for <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>; Fri, 11 Apr 2014 17:03:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from udns.ultimateDNS.NET (ultimatedns.net [209.180.214.225]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F01831489 for <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>; Fri, 11 Apr 2014 17:03:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from udns.ultimateDNS.NET (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by udns.ultimateDNS.NET (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id s3BH5VMU098882; Fri, 11 Apr 2014 10:05:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bsd-lists@bsdforge.com) Received: (from www@localhost) by udns.ultimateDNS.NET (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id s3BH4pXI098863; Fri, 11 Apr 2014 10:04:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bsd-lists@bsdforge.com) Received: from unavailable02.ultimatedns.net ([209.180.214.228]) (UDNSMS authenticated user chrish) by ultimatedns.net with HTTP; Fri, 11 Apr 2014 10:04:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <e44e0e1edb39d8db3be2a3db1d9b3f77.authenticated@ultimatedns.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1404111820160.9102@mail.fig.ol.no> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1404111820160.9102@mail.fig.ol.no> Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 10:04:51 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Unable to mount the root fs on stable/8 r264339, GENERIC kernel, with MBR, FreeBSD slice, and UFS volume labels From: "Chris H" <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> To: =?utf-8?B?VHJvbmQgRW5kcmVzdMODwrhs?= <Trond.Endrestol@fagskolen.gjovik.no> User-Agent: UDNSMS/2.0.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: FreeBSD stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code <freebsd-stable.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-stable>, <mailto:freebsd-stable-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/>; List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-stable-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable>, <mailto:freebsd-stable-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 17:03:23 -0000 > Hi, > > I have a couple of uncritical systems running stable/8 r258344. > Hardware is Dell OptiPlex GX260, BIOS A09, which is the latest rev. > > The r264339 GENERIC kernel are unable to mount the root fs from the > hard drive using MBR, FreeBSD slice, and UFS volume labels. You didn't indicate where it won't mount the drives from. Is this from the releng_8 install media. In other words, When booting the install media, the installer can't find the drive(s)? Or is it something else? When you're presented with the problem, what's the output of ls /dev do any of ad0* da0* show up? If so, what's the output from gpart list ad0s1 and the likes? --Chris > > r258344 obviously can. > > I even tried regular device names like /dev/ad0s1a in /etc/fstab, and > at the mountroot> prompt, i.e. ufs:/dev/ad0s1a. The kernel still > cannot mount the root fs. > > The new kernel (r264339) does recognize the ad0 harddrive, and ad0 is > listed as one of the GEOM managed disk devices; acd0 being the other > one. > > Do I need to load additional geom modules, or is it a genuine bug? > > I have recreated the same conditions on a spare GX260, yes, I have > plenty of them. > > In addition there was some problems with the USB subsystem, so I > disabled USB in the BIOS for now. USB is not essential for any of my > systems. > > Maybe it's time to leave stable/8 and enter stable/10 or stable/9. > I'll try to compile stable/9 on the spare system, and see how it > fares. > > Any thoughts regarding the problem mounting the root fs? > > -- > +-------------------------------+------------------------------------+ > | Vennlig hilsen, | Best regards, | > | Trond Endrestøl, | Trond Endrestøl, | > | IT-ansvarlig, | System administrator, | > | Fagskolen Innlandet, | Gjøvik Technical College, Norway, | > | tlf. mob. 952 62 567, | Cellular...: +47 952 62 567, | > | sentralbord 61 14 54 00. | Switchboard: +47 61 14 54 00. | > +-------------------------------+------------------------------------+ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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