From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 22 17:24: 3 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D213537B401 for ; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 17:24:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from hotmail.com (f98.law11.hotmail.com [64.4.17.98]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A93443EE5 for ; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 17:24:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ethanakins@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 17:23:53 -0800 Received: from 63.207.169.166 by lw11fd.law11.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 01:23:53 GMT X-Originating-IP: [63.207.169.166] From: "Ethan Akins" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: mountroot> Please Help / URGENT.. Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 01:23:53 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Dec 2002 01:23:53.0996 (UTC) FILETIME=[F4F254C0:01C2AA21] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Date: 12-22-02 Operating System / Configuration: FreeBSD 4.6 with RAID 1 ( Mirrored ) Situation: I have 2 active drives running in the same machine at all times. In addition, I have 1 extra drive that sits on the shelf with a copy of the previous backup that I swap out with one of the other active drives every week. When I swap out the drive from the shelf with one of the drives in the machine upon booting it says array failure so I press Ctrl + F and "re-create" the array. After successful replication has taken place I reboot the machine and everything runs flawlessly as it should... However, here is the problem: The remaining drive that I leave on the shelf for additional backup will NOT boot up as a single drive to get data off that I need very badly... Upon booting it brings me to this prompt: =========================== Manual root filesystem specification: : Mount using filesystem Example: ufs:/dev/da0s1a ? List valid disk boot devices Abort manual input Mountroot> =========================== I then type: mountroot> ufs:/dev/ar0s1a and receive this message: Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ar0s1a No such device 'ar' Getrootbyname failed mfs_mountroot: can't find rootvp root mount failed: 6 ----------------------------------------------------- I then type: mountroot> ufs:/dev/ad0s1a and it lets me log in with read-only access and browsing is limited to the /root /dev & /etc directory. I then 'cat' the FSTAB directory to see this configuration: /dev/ar0s1b none swap sw 0 0 /dev/ar0s1a / ufs rw 1 1 /dev/ar0s1e /usr ufs rw 2 2 /dev/acodoc /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0 proc /proc procfs rw 0 0 ----------------------------------------------------- Would anyone able to help me out with this situation ? The data on the backup drive is VERY IMPORTANT and I can't get to it... I can be reached via email and I will reply immediately!! Please have the subject line pertaining to "FreeBSD / Backup Drives" or something comparable to that so I do not accidentally delete it thinking it is spam... ethanakins@hotmail.com Thanks, Ethan _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 3 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus&xAPID=42&PS=47575&PI=7324&DI=7474&SU= http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsg&HL=1216hotmailtaglines_eliminateviruses_3mf To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message