FreeBSD 10.1 i386 boot "Mounting local file systems:mount: fdesc: Operation not supported by device"

[Trond Endrestøl]

On Tue, 24 May 2016 23:20-0700, David Christensen wrote:

> freebsd-questions:
> 
> On a machine with a fresh install of FreeBSD 10.1 i386, I used pkg to install
> Bash.  pkg told me:
> 
>         bash requires fdescfs(5) mounted on /dev/fd
> 
>         If you have not done it yet, please do the following:
> 
>                 mount -t fdescfs fdesc /dev/fd
> 
>         To make it permanent, you need the following lines in /etc/fstab:
> 
>                 fdesc   /dev/fd         fdescfs         rw      0       0
> 
> 
> So, I added the suggested line to /etc/fstab, rebooted, and all was well.
> 
> 
> I then used freebsd-update to update the system.
> 
> 
> Now when I boot, the system stops when attempting to mount the fdesc device
> required by Bash:
> 
>         ...
>         Starting file system checks:
>         Mounting local file systems:mount: fdesc: Operation not supported by
> device
>         .
>         Mounting /etc/fstab filesystems failed, startup aborted
>         ERROR: ABORTING BOOT (sending SIGTERM to parent)!
>         May 24 22:44:09 init: /bin/sh on /etc/rc terminated abnormally, going
> to single user mode
>         Enter full path of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh:
> 
> 
> If I press <Return>, comment out the "fdesc..." line in /etc/fstab, and enter
> 'exit', the system continues booting to the login prompt.
> 
> 
> When I log in:
> 
> 1.  The suggested 'mount -t fdescfs fdesc /dev/fd' command works.
> 
> 2.  If I uncomment the "fdesc..." line in /etc/fstab and run 'mount /dev/fd',
> it works.
> 
> 
> Any comments or suggestions?

Maybe you need to add late to the options field, e.g.:

fdesc	/dev/fd		fdescfs		rw,late		0	0

> TIA,
> 
> David

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