From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 21 09:55:08 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33170106564A for ; Sun, 21 Dec 2008 09:55:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kamikaze@bsdforen.de) Received: from mail.bsdforen.de (bsdforen.de [212.204.60.79]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E797F8FC0C for ; Sun, 21 Dec 2008 09:55:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kamikaze@bsdforen.de) Received: from mobileKamikaze.norad (unknown [92.117.157.151]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.bsdforen.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4419A8A00D1; Sun, 21 Dec 2008 10:54:43 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <494E1258.9010500@bsdforen.de> Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 10:54:32 +0100 From: Dominic Fandrey User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (X11/20081123) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?UTF-8?B?TWFyaXVzIE7DvG5uZXJpY2g=?= References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel not mounting root X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 09:55:08 -0000 Marius Nünnerich wrote: > Hi all, > > I did cvsup to 7-STABLE yesterday, build, installed and booted a new > kernel then buildworld. > Then I noticed that my PS/2 keyboard is not working at the loader menu > so I booted multiuser and did the make installworld part from there. > Then I tried to reboot but now it hangs after the line > Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad4s1a > > It sits there for at least 10min. I tried so far: > - Installing 7.1-beta2 on another hd and booting it, it works. > - Copied that kernel to the old hd > - Moved kernel.old to kernel > - fsck everything > - mounted everything from the old hd under /mnt, chroot into that, installworld > > Anyone else seeing this or has an idea what to do next? > > Kind regards > Marius I encountered something similar with RC-1, yesterday. The installer entered the devices ad4s4a till ad4s4f instead of ad4s3a till ad4s3f into the fstab file. The annoying problem that you need to mount /usr to run /rescue/vi, because it needs a file from /usr/share is also still present. This makes /rescue/vi nearly useless in my opinion and honestly, ee is really awkward to use. Regards