Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 03:07:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: lost all ad0 devices, can't boot, a little help please Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10109200301330.9496-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <20010919201139.A20587@execpc.com>
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On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Doug Poland wrote: > Hi, > > I'm writing from the emergency fixit shell on a 4.4 RC0 > box. Somehow, I've lost all my /dev entries for my IDE > hard-drive (ad0s3...) This is what I get on boot attempt: > > Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s3a > no such device 'ad' > setrootbyname failed > ffs_mountroot: can't find rootvp > Root mount failed: 6 > > I've managed to boot from 4.3-REL CD#2 and get a fixit > shell going with connectivity to my network. > > My questions are: > 1. how do I mount the hard-drive slices? > 2. how do I rebuild the /dev entries? > > Many thanks in advance... > Look at the /mnt2/stand directory to see the commands available to you. Perhaps: Fixit# mount /dev/ad0s3a /mnt will work. The /mnt directory should then be the / partition on your hard drive. cd /mnt/dev and try: sh MAKEDEV all sh MAKEDEV ad0s3 sh MAKEDEV ad0s3a Hope that helps; I find #Fixit difficult. Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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