From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 1 12:43:58 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77AEF106564A for ; Thu, 1 Mar 2012 12:43:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kpielorz_lst@tdx.co.uk) Received: from mail.tdx.com (mail.tdx.com [62.13.128.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0ECDF8FC13 for ; Thu, 1 Mar 2012 12:43:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from OctaHexa64-MkII (HPQuadro64.dmpriest.net.uk [62.13.130.30]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.tdx.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id q21Chu0h044533 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 1 Mar 2012 12:43:57 GMT Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:43:58 +0000 From: Karl Pielorz To: egoitz@ramattack.net Message-ID: <326A337AEB321D9EDA1AFFF4@OctaHexa64-MkII> In-Reply-To: <55469.194.30.18.3.1330599220.squirrel@www1.saremail.com> References: <0D52CADE287778C263E7EF6A@OctaHexa64-MkII> <55469.194.30.18.3.1330599220.squirrel@www1.saremail.com> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Win32) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9-R pxeboot fails with 'Mounting root filesystem rw failed'... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:43:58 -0000 --On 01 March 2012 11:53 +0100 egoitz@ramattack.net wrote: > So I recomend you reading last mails of mine in freebsd-hackers... > > Hope it helps, > Bye! For what it's worth - I've resolved the issue I had (which was basically the system booted, but failed trying to re-mount root as RW, and hence wouldn't go into the installer). The fix I did was to change the '/etc/fstab' on the Netboot server (i.e. the copy of FreeBSD that you're booting). It contains: " /dev/iso9660/FREEBSD_INSTALL / cd9660 ro 0 0 " Just commenting out that line, i.e. " #/dev/iso9660/FREEBSD_INSTALL / cd9660 ro 0 0 " Means the boot now completes, and I get offered the "Install / Shell / Live CD" prompt, instead of an error about not being able to remount root. I've yet to complete an install this way (so far we're just using a script to extract the new 9.x style '.txz' files). But that little change does let us netboot correctly now, enough for what we need. -Karl