mount problem after the kernel load: Manual root filesystem specification

Olivier Utkala moebius444 at hotmail.com
Tue May 15 19:08:39 UTC 2007


Olivier Utkala wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> After the kernel load, it's necessary for me to enter the folowing to 
> continue the start process:
> mountroot> ufs:ad2s1a
> 
> I find on another machine, wich start correctly, with the same version 
> of FreeBSD, that the last line of command kenv results:
>    vfs.root.mountfrom="ufs:/dev/ad0s1a"
> On my start-problem machine, these last line don't exists.

I set the correct value for vfs.root.mountfrom in file 
/boot/loader.rc, and then the start process can continue without asking
manual root filesystem specification :

=============8<---------------------------
\ Set this to mount 
set vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/ad2s1a
=============8<---------------------------

Hope this hint help other people.



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