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Date:      11 Apr 2003 20:45:39 +0200
From:      Alex Kiesel <alex.kiesel@document-root.de>
To:        Oscar Ricardo Silva <osilva@scuff.cc.utexas.edu>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: mountroot prompt after new install of FreeBSD 4.8
Message-ID:  <1050086739.16087.9.camel@detention.home.ahk>
In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20030410112027.020f0588@scuff.cc.utexas.edu>
References:  <5.1.0.14.2.20030410112027.020f0588@scuff.cc.utexas.edu>

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On Thu, 2003-04-10 at 18:28, Oscar Ricardo Silva wrote:
> Manual root filesystem specification:
>    <fstype>:<device>  Mount <device> using filesystem <fstype>
>                         eg. ufs:/dev/da0s1a
>    ?                  List valid disk boot devices
>    <empty line>       Abort manual input
> 
> mountroot>

[...]

> So what's going on here?  Why do I get this prompt after a brand new 
> install?  I've tried recompiling the kernel and support for the RAID 
> controller was built into it.  I've tried creating /boot/loader.conf with 
> the content:
> 
> rootdev="aacd0s1a"              # Set the root filesystem

Is / pointing to the correct device in /etc/fstab?

Greets,
-Alex




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