I don't think it's FreeBSD update. I always use CVSup and build world. So I fall into the same hole with no way up. I use gmirror, my device names are full including slice (e.g. /dev/mirror/gm0s1a and it was produced from /dev/ad4s1a some years ago), so I think I'm not using “dangerously dedicated” mode...
After the update I'm unable to mount root. Thanks God I have my old (7.2 release) kernel... Since I have some servers to manage I am very interested how should I upgrade to 8.0 Rel? Thanks in advance for all your advices! Regards, Ivo Tom Worster wrote: > > after running freebsd-update -r 8.0-RELEASE upgrade my system won't boot. > it > gets stuck on mountroot and i can't find the magic word it wants. > > the system used to have two sata drives /dev/ad4 and ad6. they were > partitioned and sliced using the deafaults that sysinstall suggested. > > at the boot prompt, lsdev says: > > disk devices > disk0: BIOS drive C: > disk0s1a: FFS > disk0s1b: swap > disk0s1d: FFS > disk0s1e: FFS > disk0s1f: FFS > disk1: BIOS drive D: > disk1s1a: FFS > disk1s1b: swap > disk1s1d: FFS > disk1s1e: FFS > disk1s1f: FFS > > which looks right, although i'm not familiar with the "disk" nomenclature. > > entering ? at mountroot mentions ad4 and ad6. > > geom_mirror was being used. > > i've tried saying "load geom_mirror" and/or "enable-module geom_mirror" at > the boot prompt. neither made any difference. > > nothing i've said to mountroot works: > > ufs:/dev/ad4s1a > ufs:/dev/ad6s1a > ufs:/dev/mirror/gm0s1a > ufs:/dev/disk0s1a > ufs:/dev/disk1s1a > > does anyone know the magic word? i'd be very grateful. > > tom > > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/won%27t-boot-after-8.0-RELEASE-upgrade-tp26628661p26667339.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ 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"