Upgrade to 9.0 - Mount to root failed..

[krad]

On 8 April 2012 09:53, Airosoβicz fb. <airosovicz at gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> It's my 1st time on any of the FreeBSD lists & I'm fairly new to FreeBSD to
> please bear with me..
>
> So I've upgraded from 8.1 to 9.0 & now the system can't mount in single
> user mode to go through the final step of installing the world..
>
> # cvsup.. Done..
> # make buildworld..  Done..
> # make buildkernel.. Done..
> # make installkernel.. Done..
> # reboot in single user mode to install world.. Failed to mount to
> /dev/ad2s1a.. {Yes, that *is* my HD}
>
> I rebooted from the loader prompt with my old (GENERIC) kernel & came up
> with the following..
>
> peggy# ls -l /dev/ad*
>> crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  79 Apr  8 08:47 /dev/ad2
>> crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  82 Apr  8 08:47 /dev/ad2s1
>> crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  84 Apr  8 08:47 /dev/ad2s1a
>>
>> peggy# cat /etc/fstab
>> # Device        Mountpoint    FStype    Options        Dump    Pass#
>> /dev/ad2s1a        /        ufs    rw        1    1
>> /dev/acd0        /cdrom        cd9660    ro,noauto    0    0
>>
>> peggy# disklabel /dev/ad2s1a
>> # /dev/ad2s1a:
>> 8 partitions:
>> #        size   offset    fstype   [fsize bsize bps/cpg]
>>   a: 20044017        0    4.2BSD     2048 16384 28552
>>   c: 20044017        0    unused        0     0         # "raw" part,
>> don't edit
>>
>> peggy# fsck
>> ** /dev/ad2s1a (NO WRITE)
>> ** Last Mounted on /
>> ** Root file system
>> ** Phase 1 - Check Blocks and Sizes
>> ** Phase 2 - Check Pathnames
>> ** Phase 3 - Check Connectivity
>> ** Phase 4 - Check Reference Counts
>> ** Phase 5 - Check Cyl groups
>> 415735 files, 3148200 used, 1702923 free (40563 frags, 207795 blocks, 0.8%
>> fragmentation)
>>
>> peggy# kldstat
>> Id Refs Address    Size     Name
>>  1    7 0xc0400000 bb5504   kernel
>>  2    1 0xc2e1a000 26000    linux.ko
>>
>
> I know there's many 'mount' problem discussions out there but I can't seem
> to find out how to overcome this problem..
>
> Many thanx in advance for any assistance..
>
> Regards,
> E.
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try specifying 'ufs:/dev/adas1a' at the kernel prompt or editing that
into you fstab if you can. My devices changed and the 8-9 jump.