From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 9 12:27:31 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78B52106568A for ; Fri, 9 Jan 2009 12:27:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from mailout.zetnet.co.uk (mailout.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.47.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3292A8FC26 for ; Fri, 9 Jan 2009 12:27:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from irwell.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.47.48] helo=zetnet.co.uk) by mailout.zetnet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1LLGSU-0007zk-Ls for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:27:26 +0000 Received: from orange.esperance-linux.co.uk (54-144.adsl.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.54.144]) by zetnet.co.uk (8.14.1/8.14.1/Debian-9) with ESMTP id n09CRPbu019758 for ; Fri, 9 Jan 2009 12:27:26 GMT Received: by orange.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id DA3F64AC43; Fri, 9 Jan 2009 12:27:20 +0000 (GMT) Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 12:27:20 +0000 From: Frank Shute To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20090109122720.GA38699@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE amd64 X-Organisation: 'Esperance Linux' X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.1.7 (zetnet.co.uk [194.247.46.1]); Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:27:26 +0000 (GMT) Subject: Can't boot machine after upgrade X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:27:32 -0000 Hi all, I just updated my server from 6.3-RELEASE to 6.4-RELEASE and I now can't boot my machine - a rather crappy HP desktop. The boot seems to go along nicely without any errors that I can see but when it comes to mounting the root filesystem it bails out: Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0s2 Manual root filesystem specification: : ? List valid disk boot devices mountroot> I've tried entering the root fs (it's the same as above) but it's no go. If I list the valid boot disk devices, it gives me this: list of GEOM managed disk devices: da3 da2 da1 da0 which are all the crappy flash card readers etc. Anybody got any idea on what's going on & how to fix it? TIA. BTW, just reply to the list, I can't receive mail ATM so I'll have to read replies in the archive. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html