Date: Sat, 5 Apr 1997 17:46:12 +0200 (MET DST) From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> To: bemfica@militzer.me.tuns.ca (Antonio Bemfica) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ufs filesystem not available at mount time ... Message-ID: <199704051546.RAA15025@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970404170738.344A-100000@militzer.me.tuns.ca> from Antonio Bemfica at "Apr 4, 97 05:19:14 pm"
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> Hello > > A week or so back someone posted a message refering to a problem with > mount at boot time. The same problem is happening to my -current box after > a 'make world' (I didn't have a chance of building a new kernel...): > > mount: ufs filesystem is not available > > One proposed solution was to boot with the fixit floppy and copy the > mount* files onto a new location on the hard drive, reboot it in single > user mode and use the new mount* binaries to get things back in order. > > How exactly do you accomplish that? When I boot with the floppy I have no > access to the hard drive - I have a minimal filesystem up and the floppy > is mounted at /mnt2. Should I mount /dev/rsd0a (my "/" ) onto / or onto > /mnt, or some such thing? I tried some combinations, but never got access > to the fixed drive (mount complains it needs a "block device" or something And why then don't you use the block device? You tried to use the character (raw device) instead of the the block device. Use mount /dev/sd0a /mnt and you will be fine. > like that). > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Antonio > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > "I myself have always disliked being called a 'genius'. It is fascinating > to notice how quick people have been to intuit this aversion and avoid > using the term" -- John Lanchester, in "The Debt to Pleasure" > > -- Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de
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