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Date:      Tue, 12 Aug 2003 16:21:06 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
To:        Brent Macnaughton <Brent.Macnaughton@rdc.ab.ca>
Cc:        "'freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Upgrade to 4.8 STABLE - Root mount failed: 6
Message-ID:  <20030812162031.R85404@carver.gumbysoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <B87E4A37F11AD411859000508B6B314D0553FD57@MERCURY>
References:  <B87E4A37F11AD411859000508B6B314D0553FD57@MERCURY>

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On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, Brent Macnaughton wrote:

> I am trying to upgrade my system from 4.7RELEASE to 4.8STABLE. I have
> followed the instructions from the manual:
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html
>
> Right now, I am on step 21.4.8 Reboot into Single User Mode. I have compiled
> my new kernel, and I was trying to reboot into single user mode to test the
> new kernel. When I do this, I get the following error message:
>
> Mounting root from ufs:/dev/da0s1a
> no such device 'da'

Did it actually scan the SCSI bus and attach the disks? Or did you somehow
omit 'da'? :)

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Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@gumbysoft.com          |  www.FreeBSD.org



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