New Kernel Cannot Mount Root...

Robert rmendal at gmail.com
Sun Sep 25 14:32:46 PDT 2005


My new custom kernel cannot mount root. I searched the list archives but
couldn't find anything helpful.
 Here is the error message I receive:
 *Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a*
*setrootbyname failed*
*ffs_mountroot:can't find rootvp*
*Root mount failed: 6*
**
Root is located at /dev/ad0s1a so I'm sure that my kernel conf is pointing
it somewhere else but I'm not sure which option in the conf file controls
this. On one particular list archive there was mention of the "bsdlabel"
command. Would that be what I need here?
 Attached is my kernel conf file if needed.
 Thanks,
 Rob
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#
# MAGDALENA -- Kernel Configuration Specifically for My Compaq Presario
#
# $FreeBSD: src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC,v 1.413.2.13 2005/04/02 16:37:58 scottl Exp $

machine		i386
cpu		I686_CPU
ident		MAGDALENA

# To statically compile in device wiring instead of /boot/device.hints
#hints		"GENERIC.hints"		# Default places to look for devices.

options 	SCHED_4BSD		# 4BSD scheduler
options 	INET			# InterNETworking
options 	INET6			# IPv6 communications protocols
options 	FFS			# Berkeley Fast Filesystem
options 	SOFTUPDATES		# Enable FFS soft updates support
options 	UFS_ACL			# Support for access control lists
options 	UFS_DIRHASH		# Improve performance on big directories
options 	MD_ROOT			# MD is a potential root device
#options 	NFSCLIENT		# Network Filesystem Client
#options 	NFSSERVER		# Network Filesystem Server
#options 	NFS_ROOT		# NFS usable as /, requires NFSCLIENT
#options 	MSDOSFS			# MSDOS Filesystem
options 	CD9660			# ISO 9660 Filesystem
options 	PROCFS			# Process filesystem (requires PSEUDOFS)
options 	PSEUDOFS		# Pseudo-filesystem framework
options 	GEOM_GPT		# GUID Partition Tables.
options 	COMPAT_43		# Compatible with BSD 4.3 [KEEP THIS!]
options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD4		# Compatible with FreeBSD4
#options 	SCSI_DELAY=5000		# Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI
options 	KTRACE			# ktrace(1) support
#options 	SYSVSHM			# SYSV-style shared memory
options 	SYSVMSG			# SYSV-style message queues
options 	SYSVSEM			# SYSV-style semaphores
options 	_KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING # POSIX P1003_1B real-time extensions
options 	KBD_INSTALL_CDEV	# install a CDEV entry in /dev
options 	AHC_REG_PRETTY_PRINT	# Print register bitfields in debug
					# output.  Adds ~128k to driver.
options 	AHD_REG_PRETTY_PRINT	# Print register bitfields in debug
					# output.  Adds ~215k to driver.
options 	ADAPTIVE_GIANT		# Giant mutex is adaptive.

device		apic			# I/O APIC

# Bus support.  Do not remove isa, even if you have no isa slots
device		isa
device		pci

# Floppy drives
device		fdc

# ATA and ATAPI devices
device		ata
device		ataraid		# ATA RAID drives
device		atapicd		# ATAPI CDROM drives
device		atapifd		# ATAPI floppy drives
options 	ATA_STATIC_ID	# Static device numbering

# atkbdc0 controls both the keyboard and the PS/2 mouse
device		atkbdc		# AT keyboard controller
device		atkbd		# AT keyboard
device		psm		# PS/2 mouse
device		vga		# VGA video card driver
device		splash		# Splash screen and screen saver support

# syscons is the default console driver, resembling an SCO console
device		sc

# Enable this for the pcvt (VT220 compatible) console driver
#device		vt
#options 	XSERVER		# support for X server on a vt console
#options 	FAT_CURSOR	# start with block cursor
device		agp		# support several AGP chipsets

# Floating point support - do not disable.
device		npx

# Power management support (see NOTES for more options)
#device		apm
# Add suspend/resume support for the i8254.
device		pmtimer

# PCCARD (PCMCIA) support
# PCMCIA and cardbus bridge support
device		cbb		# cardbus (yenta) bridge
device		pccard		# PC Card (16-bit) bus
device		cardbus		# CardBus (32-bit) bus

# Serial (COM) ports
device		sio		# 8250, 16[45]50 based serial ports

# Parallel port
device		ppc
device		ppbus		# Parallel port bus (required)
device		lpt		# Printer
device		plip		# TCP/IP over parallel
device		ppi		# Parallel port interface device
#device		vpo		# Requires scbus and da

# If you've got a "dumb" serial or parallel PCI card that is
# supported by the puc(4) glue driver, uncomment the following
# line to enable it (connects to the sio and/or ppc drivers):
#device         puc

# PCI Ethernet NICs.
#device		de		# DEC/Intel DC21x4x (``Tulip'')
#device		em		# Intel PRO/1000 adapter Gigabit Ethernet Card
#device		ixgb		# Intel PRO/10GbE Ethernet Card
device		txp		# 3Com 3cR990 (``Typhoon'')
device		vx		# 3Com 3c590, 3c595 (``Vortex'')

# PCI Ethernet NICs that use the common MII bus controller code.
# NOTE: Be sure to keep the 'device miibus' line in order to use these NICs!
device		miibus		# MII bus support
#device		bfe		# Broadcom BCM440x 10/100 Ethernet
#device		bge		# Broadcom BCM570xx Gigabit Ethernet
#device		dc		# DEC/Intel 21143 and various workalikes
#device		fxp		# Intel EtherExpress PRO/100B (82557, 82558)
#device		lge		# Level 1 LXT1001 gigabit ethernet
#device		nge		# NatSemi DP83820 gigabit ethernet
#device		pcn		# AMD Am79C97x PCI 10/100 (precedence over 'lnc')
#device		re		# RealTek 8139C+/8169/8169S/8110S
#device		rl		# RealTek 8129/8139
#device		sf		# Adaptec AIC-6915 (``Starfire'')
#device		sis		# Silicon Integrated Systems SiS 900/SiS 7016
#device		sk		# SysKonnect SK-984x & SK-982x gigabit Ethernet
#device		ste		# Sundance ST201 (D-Link DFE-550TX)
#device		ti		# Alteon Networks Tigon I/II gigabit Ethernet
#device		tl		# Texas Instruments ThunderLAN
#device		tx		# SMC EtherPower II (83c170 ``EPIC'')
#device		vge		# VIA VT612x gigabit ethernet
#device		vr		# VIA Rhine, Rhine II
#device		wb		# Winbond W89C840F
device		xl		# 3Com 3c90x (``Boomerang'', ``Cyclone'')

# ISA Ethernet NICs.  pccard NICs included.
#device		cs		# Crystal Semiconductor CS89x0 NIC
# 'device ed' requires 'device miibus'
#device		ed		# NE[12]000, SMC Ultra, 3c503, DS8390 cards
#device		ex		# Intel EtherExpress Pro/10 and Pro/10+
#device		ep		# Etherlink III based cards
#device		fe		# Fujitsu MB8696x based cards
#device		ie		# EtherExpress 8/16, 3C507, StarLAN 10 etc.
#device		lnc		# NE2100, NE32-VL Lance Ethernet cards
#device		sn		# SMC's 9000 series of Ethernet chips
#device		xe		# Xircom pccard Ethernet

# ISA devices that use the old ISA shims
#device		le

# Wireless NIC cards
#device		wlan		# 802.11 support
#device		an		# Aironet 4500/4800 802.11 wireless NICs.
#device		awi		# BayStack 660 and others
#device		wi		# WaveLAN/Intersil/Symbol 802.11 wireless NICs.
#device		wl		# Older non 802.11 Wavelan wireless NIC.

# Pseudo devices.
device		loop		# Network loopback
device		mem		# Memory and kernel memory devices
device		io		# I/O device
device		random		# Entropy device
device		ether		# Ethernet support
device		sl		# Kernel SLIP
device		ppp		# Kernel PPP
device		tun		# Packet tunnel.
device		pty		# Pseudo-ttys (telnet etc)
device		md		# Memory "disks"
device		gif		# IPv6 and IPv4 tunneling
device		faith		# IPv6-to-IPv4 relaying (translation)

# The `bpf' device enables the Berkeley Packet Filter.
# Be aware of the administrative consequences of enabling this!
# Note that 'bpf' is required for DHCP.
device		bpf		# Berkeley packet filter

# USB support
device		uhci		# UHCI PCI->USB interface
device		ohci		# OHCI PCI->USB interface
#device		ehci		# EHCI PCI->USB interface (USB 2.0)
device		usb		# USB Bus (required)
#device		udbp		# USB Double Bulk Pipe devices
device		ugen		# Generic
device		uhid		# "Human Interface Devices"
device		ukbd		# Keyboard
device		ulpt		# Printer
#device		umass		# Disks/Mass storage - Requires scbus and da
device		ums		# Mouse
device		urio		# Diamond Rio 500 MP3 player
device		uscanner	# Scanners
# USB Ethernet, requires mii
device		aue		# ADMtek USB Ethernet
device		axe		# ASIX Electronics USB Ethernet
device		cdce		# Generic USB over Ethernet
device		cue		# CATC USB Ethernet
device		kue		# Kawasaki LSI USB Ethernet
device		rue		# RealTek RTL8150 USB Ethernet

# FireWire support
device		firewire	# FireWire bus code
#device		sbp		# SCSI over FireWire (Requires scbus and da)
device		fwe		# Ethernet over FireWire (non-standard!)


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