Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 00:38:42 +0200 From: Leslie Jensen <leslie@eskk.nu> To: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disk can't be found, boot stops at mountroot Message-ID: <4BE9DC72.40205@eskk.nu> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimvaBw1sVduXKaZMnDyyWCeEZI1h201uxo7LDRk@mail.gmail.com> References: <4BE9B41B.5020000@eskk.nu> <AANLkTimvaBw1sVduXKaZMnDyyWCeEZI1h201uxo7LDRk@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2010-05-12 00:06, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Leslie Jensen <leslie@eskk.nu > <mailto:leslie@eskk.nu>> wrote: > > System 7.2-RELEASE > > I made the first reboot after > > freebsd-update -r 8.0-RELEASE > > freebsd-update install > > and I'm now stuck at the mountroot> prompt that says trying to mount > from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a > > ROOT MOUNT ERROR > > The command ? to list valid boot devices gives > List of GEOM managed disk devices: > cd0 ufsid/452b81499eec5ac8 ad0a acd0 ad0 fd0 > > I've tried > > ufs:/dev/da0s1a > > and > > ufs:/dev/ad0s1a > > With no luck > > Any suggestions on how to get booted? > > > If you boot off a 7.2 cd, can you see the proper partitions? What are > they? > > > > -- > Adam Vande More I used a 8.0 livefs CD and all I could find was ad0 and ad0a. Using sysinstall fdisk showed an empty disk! So I think I have some kind of hardware failure :-( /Leslie
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