Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 01:07:55 -0700 From: Mike Peirson <mikepeirson@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.1 hangs at mountroot> during bootup Message-ID: <4512485B.6080302@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060921044344.GA97672@ns2.wananchi.com> References: <4511D307.1070906@gmail.com> <20060921044344.GA97672@ns2.wananchi.com>
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Odhiambo Washington wrote: > * On 20/09/06 16:47 -0700, Mike Peirson wrote: > | Hi all, > | First off, I'm new to FreeBSD and this mailinglist so I hope I am in the > | right place. Anyways, right now I am having some problems with FreeBSD > | booting up. I have tried to install 3 times now and keep getting the > | same error. When I try to boot into FreeBSD, this eventually comes up: > | > | Manual root filesystem specification: > | <fstype>:<device> Mount <device> using filesystem > | <fstype> > | eg. ufs:da0s1a > | ? List valid disk boot devices > | <empty line> abort manual input > | Mountroot> > | > | This seems to be a prompt where I need to specify the location of the > | root partition, but the problem here is that it hangs or freezes and I > | cannot input any text. At first I thought it may be a result of FreeBSD > | not properly recognizing my HDD's geometry but I manually fixed that and > | it still is giving me this same issue. If anyone has had a similar > | problem or knows how to fix this I would greatly appreciate any help. I > | looked through the Handbook and googled this but I haven't found a > | solution yet. > > Any further details about your hardware specs in general? > > > -Wash > > http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html > > DISCLAIMER: See http://www.wananchi.com/bms/terms.php > > -- > +======================================================================+ > |\ _,,,---,,_ | Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> > Zzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ | Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com > |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-'| Tel: +254 20 313985-9 +254 20 313922 > '---''(_/--' `-'\_) | GSM: +254 722 743223 +254 733 744121 > +======================================================================+ > > A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small package. > Nothing out of the ordinary.. I've got a Abit VT7 socket 478 mother board with an Intel P4. Standard Western Digital 120GB HDD. I've got video and keyboard/mouse running through a KVM switch, so after reading what Greg posted.. I can see why I would be having issues with inputing any text at the mountroot> prompt. -- Michael Peirson
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