On Tue, 11 May 2010 21:46:35 +0200 Leslie Jensen wrote: > System 7.2-RELEASE > I made the first reboot after > freebsd-update -r 8.0-RELEASE > freebsd-update install > and I'm now stuck at the mountroot> prompt that says trying to mount > from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a > ROOT MOUNT ERROR > The command ? to list valid boot devices gives > List of GEOM managed disk devices: > cd0 ufsid/452b81499eec5ac8 ad0a acd0 ad0 fd0
Seems that your system is using a so-called "dengerously dedicated" disk (mind "ad0a"). > I've tried > ufs:/dev/da0s1a > and > ufs:/dev/ad0s1a Try ufs:/dev/ad0a > With no luck > Any suggestions on how to get booted? -- WBR, Boris Samorodov (bsam) Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP FreeBSD Committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"