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Subject: Re: unknown error during root mount on boot (fstab) in 11.0-RELEASE
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I found my "lost devices". It was indeed /dev/ada1sX
which I had to put into /etc/fstab instead of the ad6sX devices.

Thanks.

As to the logging not working: so it's not possible to log what appears 
on the console before the root FS is mounted read/write, right?

--
Christoph

Am 11.11.2016 um 12:59 schrieb Matthew Seaman:
> On 11/11/16 11:51, Christoph P.U. Kukulies wrote:
>> OK, so should I fireup gpart and label the volumes not listed?
>> There is a directory /dev/gptid containing a UUID.
> Yes, definitely.  Labelling your partitions will make your life somewhat
> easier.  The /dev/gptid names could be used -- it always produces the
> same device name for the same physical drive -- but it's so long it is
> pretty unweildy to deal with.
>
>> Might this be the missing ad6?
> Hmm... yes.  I think the /dev/adN style device names were dropped in
> 11.0-RELEASE, so what used to be ad6 is now probably only showing up as ada1
>
> 	Cheers,
>
> 	Matthew
>
>
>