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Date:      Fri, 04 Jan 2002 15:50:22 +0000
From:      "Michael A. Smith" <msmith@code-fu.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   new kernel hangs while Mounting root
Message-ID:  <5.1.0.14.2.20020104153329.00b13eb0@www.maiatech.com>

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Let me start by saying IAMAI (I Am Not An Idiot) (at least I hope not)

I installed (8+ months ago) FreeBSD 4.2 on a Sony Vaio laptop and at that 
time upgraded (using cvsup) to 4.3-RELEASE. I've re-built the kernel a 
half-dozen times on this machine and it always Just Worked(tm). The 
keyboard broke in September and it sat around for a while until I had Sony 
replace it. I just got it back and could boot into FreeBSD (and Windows) 
without problem. I know it's my old hardware because of the BSD sticker on it.

Now I'm trying to upgrade and can't seem to get anything to boot. I've 
cvsupped to 4.4-STABLE, 4.4-RELEASE and even 4.3-RELEASE (what it's 
currently running). I've nuked /usr/src and cvsupped the whole source tree 
from scratch. No kernel will boot. The build/install process seems to go 
fine (using either method). When I boot the new kernel, it hangs on:

Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s2a

I've always been able to go back and boot from a known good kernel.

Also, oddly, I've tried to install from scratch using a 4.4 CD-ROM. I get 
the kernel configuration screen, configure using full-screen visual mode 
and proceed. Then, then the boot process hangs at:

Mounting root from ufs:/dev/md0c

I've used this CD-ROM to boot/install on other PCs without problem. I no 
longer have the 4-2 CD-ROM that I originally used (without problem) to 
install on the laptop.

Any ideas?? Thanks!

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   is in London all that life can afford." -- Samuel Johnson
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Michael A. Smith <msmith@code-fu.com>


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