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Date:      Wed, 2 Oct 2002 03:22:04 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Aaron K. Namba" <namba@cs.hmc.edu>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Root mount failed: 5
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.4.44.0210020321140.958-100000@turing>

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I am trying very hard to implement the suggestion shown at
http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/March/Features646.html (building a cd
bootable firewall) but despite my best efforts, I can't get the system to
finish booting. The kernel loads up fine but then I get Root mount failed:
5. Once I got a 22, but I can't reproduce that. Mostly I am just looking
for an explanation of the various codes, since I have had problems with
other systems and other "Root mount failed" codes. I have used FreeBSD a
lot for about the past 12-14 months so most tasks like building kernels,
building releases and such are familiar to me. I have created my own
custom install CD's and such. But I am stumped here. I have googled myself
to death already and even picked through some of the kernel sources
looking for answers.

If someone could direct me to a resource that explains the codes or the
boot process in general, or even tell me exactly what's wrong, I'd be very
grateful. Let me know what information would be helpful. I'm using release
4.6.2 for the system on the cd. I realized recently that the custom kernel
I'm building is from 4-STABLE, but I don't think that should be an issue
here.

--Aaron Namba


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