From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 7 10:52:52 2009 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 5603F106566B for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 10:52:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vince@unsane.co.uk) Received: from unsane.co.uk (unsane-pt.tunnel.tserv5.lon1.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f08:110::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76C1E8FC1E for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 10:52:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vhoffman.lon.namesco.net (150.117-84-212.staticip.namesco.net [212.84.117.150]) (authenticated bits=0) by unsane.co.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n77AsvjW056888 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 7 Aug 2009 11:55:44 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from vince@unsane.co.uk) Message-ID: <4A7C074C.9060303@unsane.co.uk> Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:51:56 +0100 From: Vincent Hoffman User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (Macintosh/20090605) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Identry References: <4d4e09680908061012q6ea8aeacm875c556eaea7a54f@mail.gmail.com> <4A7B1B41.7090507@unsane.co.uk> <4d4e09680908061733v21602321x252a7111a7648ad6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4d4e09680908061733v21602321x252a7111a7648ad6@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.96.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot failure 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: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:52:52 -0000 Identry wrote: >> Try downloading and booting the livefs environment (I think you need cd1 >> and the livefs cd or just the DVD) and see if you can mount it from >> that, if not it could be a controller issue. If you can then its >> probably your OS/kernel but at least you now have access to your >> data/configs etc etc not to mention you could try extracting the GENERIC >> kernel from the install media (use the install.sh script in the kernels >> directory.) > > Okay! Good news, I think. I used the 'fixit' mode, that is available > through the installation disk, to mount the disk that fails to mount > during boot up. > > What I did was: > > mount /dev/mfid0s1a /test > > It mounts successfully and I can see everything in that partition. > > So I guess the question now is, if I can mount it manually, why > doesn't it mount during the boot process? > I'd give it an fsck or two (more than one has been needed once or twice), also has anything changed with the server (updates etc etc) for example why was it rebooted? I seem to recall a verbose boot mode in the boot menu. does that give any hints beyond the freeze you see when you try and boot? Are you using the GENERIC kernel, if not have you tried it? Vince > -- John > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"