--- Ima Camper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> --- Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Ima Camper wrote:
> > [ ... ]
> > > da0 is my boot disk and contains /. However
> when
> > I
> > > configured the disk using sysinstall during
> > > installation, I set it up as "dangerously
> > dedicated".
> > > Now I wonder if my problem is that I should have
> > used
> > > "bsdlabel -B /dev/da0" instead of "da0s1a" when
> > > attempting to install boot blocks?
> >
> > I suspect your device name ought to be /dev/da0a.
> > If you are at the boot prompt, what happens if you
> > enter a "?"...?
>
> Entering a "?" or anything else so far results in
> this:
>
> mountroot> ufs:/dev/da0a
> panic: Root mount failed, startup aborted.
> cpuid = 0
> boot() called on cpu#0
> Uptime: 1h59m17s
>
> > Anyway, if you tell it the right place, and your
> > fstab is OK, you ought to boot
> > into the system as normal, from which point you
> can
> > re-run bsdlabel with the
> > right device name.
> >
> > Otherwise, boot off of an install CD, and run the
> > command from a shell. You
> > can also begin a custom install and exit after
> wrws;
> > g just a new boot block
> > via sysinstall, too.
>
> Thanks for the ideas. I will try more when I get
> home. All I have available now is a serial console
> (that sometimes is at 115200 baud and sometimes at
> 9600 baud) so I can't try anything other than
> various
> iterations of root devices.
OK, now I'm home and can boot from the 5.4-RELEASE
disk 1 ISO and get to a fixit prompt. I can mount
/dev/da0 on /mnt and see all my data. Does anyone
have any idea what the right command might be to
restore my / drive so it can be mounted?
I'm leaving on a vacation tomorrow and would really
like to get this system up so I can post pictures and
such to my web page while I'm gone. I'd appreciate
any assistance as I really don't want to have to
rebuild the system tonight. I'm sure there's some
simple command that will restore access.
Thanks,
Drew
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