On 10/15/09, PJ <[email protected]> wrote: > While trying to learn and understand the dump-retore process, I messed > up the ad4s1a partition and could not boot. To fix it I restored a > dumpfile of ad12s1a which is, for all intents and purposes, the same as > ad4s1a. I then boot from ad4 and surprise, surprise... > #df shows we have been booted from ad12 and all partitions are ad12.... > Booting from ad12s1a gives exactly the same results. > So, how can I get ad4s1a to boot from ad4? > I imagine it is something in the boot files... but how to fix that?
Probably because ad12's /etc/fstab tell it to mount ad12's filesystems. rewriting mbrs and stuff probably won't help. check your fstab. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
