Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:07:49 +0200 From: "Dominique Goncalves" <dominique.goncalves@gmail.com> To: "Mike Peirson" <mikepeirson@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.1 hangs at mountroot> during bootup Message-ID: <7daacbbe0609210207m1a28d8bdid2af744ee71524fe@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4511D307.1070906@gmail.com> References: <4511D307.1070906@gmail.com>
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Hi, On 9/21/06, Mike Peirson <mikepeirson@gmail.com> 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. > -- > Michael Peirson > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I guess you are using 6.1-RELEASE if so It's a bug in kbdmux, it was solved after in FreeBSD-STABLE. Booting in 'Safe mode' from the beastie menu, should workarround your hang problem. HTH Regards. -- There's this old saying: "Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for life."
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