I have an ancient machine that used to run 5.4-RELEASE. I installed
6.1-RELEASE and since the install the kernel has trouble finding
the root filesystem when it boots and prompts me for it each time. After
I type in the root filesystem specification at the mountroot prompt
it boots up and runs fine. I've tried repeating the install but it
always ends up like this. What do I need to do to avoid this manual
step in the boot process?
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FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE #2: Wed Jun 21 18:50:21 CDT 2006
root@foo.example.com:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/FOO
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: Cyrix 6x86 (486-class CPU)
Origin = "CyrixInstead" DIR=0x1531 Stepping=1 Revision=5
CPU cache: write-through mode
real memory = 67108864 (64 MB)
avail memory = 60329984 (57 MB)
npx0: [FAST]
npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface
cpu0 on motherboard
pcib0: <Host to PCI bridge> pcibus 0 on motherboard
pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 7.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
pci0: <mass storage, ATA> at device 7.1 (no driver attached)
pci0: <display, VGA> at device 17.0 (no driver attached)
de0: <Digital 21041 Ethernet> port 0x6200-0x627f mem 0xe1001000-0xe100107f
irq 10 at device 19.0 on pci0
de0: SMC 21041 [10Mb/s] pass 1.1
de0: Ethernet address: 00:e0:29:05:bd:1a
pmtimer0 on isa0
orm0: <ISA Option ROMs> at iomem 0xc0000-0xc7fff,0xdc000-0xdffff on isa0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
fdc0: <Enhanced floppy controller> at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2
on
isa0
fdc0: [FAST]
fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0
fd1: <1200-KB 5.25" drive> on fdc0 drive 1
ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
ppc0: Generic chipset (NIBBLE-only) in COMPATIBLE mode
ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0
plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
sio0: type 16550A
sio1 at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa0
sio1: type 16550A
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
aha1 at port 0x330-0x333 irq 11 drq 5 on isa0
aha1: AHA-1542CF FW Rev. B.0 (ID=45) SCSI Host Adapter, SCSI ID 7, 16 CCBs
aha1: [GIANT-LOCKED]
unknown: <PNP0303> can't assign resources (port)
speaker0: <PC speaker> at port 0x61 on isa0
unknown: <PNP0c01> can't assign resources (memory)
unknown: <PNP0501> can't assign resources (port)
unknown: <PNP0700> can't assign resources (port)
unknown: <PNP0400> can't assign resources (port)
unknown: <PNP0501> can't assign resources (port)
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
de0: enabling 10baseT port
Waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle
cd0 at aha1 bus 0 target 6 lun 0
cd0: <PLEXTOR CD-ROM PX-12TS 1.02> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-2 device
cd0: 3.300MB/s transfers
cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present
da0 at aha1 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
da0: <CONNER CFP2105S 2.14GB 1524> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-2 device
da0: 3.300MB/s transfers
da0: 2048MB (4194304 512 byte sectors: 64H 32S/T 2048C)
da1 at aha1 bus 0 target 1 lun 0
da1: <CONNER CFP2105S 2.14GB 1524> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-2 device
da1: 3.300MB/s transfers
da1: 2048MB (4194304 512 byte sectors: 64H 32S/T 2048C)
Manual root filesystem specification:
<fstype>:<device> Mount <device> using filesystem
<fstype>
eg. ufs:da0s1a
? List valid disk boot devices
<empty line> Abort manual input
mountroot> ufs:da0s1a
Trying to mount root from ufs:da0s1a
It starts executing /etc/rc here and continues without any problems.
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