David Cramblett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My FreeBSD 5.2.1 server had a 4.5 GB HDD. I decided to upgrade it > with a larger drive. I installed a new drive on the second IDE > channel which made it ad2, of course, my original drive was ad0. I > created a partition, boot loader and matching slices on the new drive. > Then I copied the old drive to the new drive using tar. Once > finished, I removed the original drive and installed the new one on > the primary channel. When I booted up everything appeared normal, but > when the system starts to mount "/" it gives no error or warning and > just drops to a "Manual mount root specification" prompt. If I type > "ufs:ad0s1a" it boots up and everything is perfect. This is the same > slice "/" was on the old drive as well.
What's in your /boot.config and /boot/loader.conf? DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
