Let's see what Tim can contribute to this topic, since he also claimed to have problems with "mountroot>"
I installed FreeBSD (I think it was 5.0-RELEASE) on a hard disk attached to ad0. It worked, I tested it.
I reconnected the hard disk to a separate IDE controller as ad4.
The kernel booted, failed to mount root (as expected), and presented a "mountroot>" prompt.
If I typed something invalid, the system rebooted. If I typed something valid, I got a "mountroot>" prompt again.
In short, nothing I did would coerce the kernel into actually mounting root.
Finally, I put the disk back on ad0, edited /etc/fstab and moved it back to ad4. That worked just fine.
In short, "mountroot>" seems to do nothing if the kernel's initial attempt fails.
Tim
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