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Date:      Mon, 5 Nov 2018 17:37:19 +0000
From:      Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Boot halts at trying to mount root
Message-ID:  <6cb388f3-8ab4-c984-4b3e-729ec84f91ef@FreeBSD.org>
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On 05/11/2018 17:21, David K. Gerry wrote:
> 	I'm upgrading from 11.0 to 11.1. I did installkernel, installworld,
> mergemaster and rebooted. The kernel loads but when it gets to "trying
> to mount root ufs:/dev/gpt/HoD_Root [rw]" it stops. There is no error
> message.

Does /dev/gpt/HoD_Root exist after you've booted via your thumb drive? 
Is the root partition there but under a different label perhaps?

What does 'gpart show -l ada0' tell you?  (Replace 'ada0' for whatever 
device name is correct for your boot drive)

	Cheers,

	Matthew





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