Boot failure

[Identry]

> Non-printable-character (NPC)
>
> NPCs may be a culprit for a file that used to work, now doesn't.  Or a
> inode oddity.
>
> I've been following this thread but haven't chipped in because of
> timing (you driving to the datacenter).
>
> Here's what I'd consider:
>  # mv /etc/fstab /etc/old-fstab
>
> and recreate a fstab from hand.  Example:
>
> /dev/mfid0s1a / ufs rw 1 1

I guess I could use the existing fstab as a model... just retype it using vi.

I checked the date on fstab... it hasn't been changed since the server
was installed, but I guess it's worth a try. Thanks for the idea.


> I doubt controller or disk problems, since a livecd can mount it.  a
> fsck -y on a clean filesystem won't report anything.

You were right about this.

-- John