From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 21 06:14:16 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FC8F106566B for ; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:14:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Matthias.Apitz@oclc.org) Received: from mail.pica.nl (mail.pica.nl [192.87.44.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E60A8FC18 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:14:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Matthias.Apitz@oclc.org) Received: from rebelion.Sisis.de ([10.49.96.10]) by mail.pica.nl with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:14:13 +0200 Received: (from guru@localhost) by rebelion.Sisis.de (8.14.2/8.13.8/Submit) id n3L6ECjj004397 for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:14:12 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from matthias.apitz@oclc.org) X-Authentication-Warning: rebelion.Sisis.de: guru set sender to matthias.apitz@oclc.org using -f Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:14:11 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090421061411.GA4047@rebelion.Sisis.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE (i386) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Apr 2009 06:14:14.0195 (UTC) FILETIME=[64D60030:01C9C248] Subject: USB key with -CURRENT, but /root not found on one laptop X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Matthias Apitz List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:14:16 -0000 Hello, I've a boot-able USB key with -CURRENT from which I have booted and installed fine my small EeePC. I now wanted to update with the same procedure the laptop of my wife (which still runs RELENG_7) to make her happy access to the wonderful world of -CURRENT :-) the laptop itself can't boot from USB devices but there is still the old boot block on the disk which sees the USB as 'Drive 1' and offers to boot from by typing F5: F1: FreeBSD F5: Drive 1 I typed F5 this loads kernel /boot/kernel/kernel the kernel boots up fine ... until a message Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/da0s1a Manual root filesystem specification: : Mount using filesystem eg. ufs:da0s1a ? List valid disk boot devices Abort manual input [ an async message appears in this moment as ] [ da0: Removable Direct Access SCSI-2 device ] [ da0: 40.000MB/s transfers ] [ da0: 7712MB (15794176 512 byte sectors: 255H 63 S/T 983C) ] [ this means that the running kernel has seen now the USB device at da0: ] typing ? gives: List of GEOM managed devices: ad4s1f ad4s1e ad4s1d ad4s1b ad4s1a ad4s1 ad4 acd0 mountroot> typing at prompt mountroot>: ufs:da0s1a brings up menu again and again Why the kernel does not see da0s1a to mount the root filesystem? Thx matthias -- Matthias Apitz Manager Technical Support - OCLC GmbH Gruenwalder Weg 28g - 82041 Oberhaching - Germany t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e - w http://www.oclc.org/ http://www.UnixArea.de/ People who hate Microsoft Windows use Linux but people who love UNIX use FreeBSD.