> From: "dhaneshk k" <dhanes...@hotmail.com> > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Sent: Friday, July 2, 2010 12:26:34 AM > Subject: Server cannot boot : mount root> got stuck
> Fellow FreeBSDians, > > > I am experiencing a problem with my FreeBSD server box. I can't get > the system up. when I boot the machine its boots asking for boot > options, and going with the default boot option > This is an old freeBSD server box with FreeBSD-6.1 > > then its reaching mount root> > > after that nothing, its stuck on this prompt mount root> > > mount root> > > I didn't do anything, day before yesterday its working.. > Yesterday when I tried to login from my desktop , it not allowing me > to login through my ssh keys > so I checked physically the server and connected a monitor, seeing the > boot splash image is garbled with some alphabetic characters.. and > tried to reboot, hardware reboot. > But it reaching the boot splash image of FreeBSD with boot options > displayed, but what ever boot option I select , it not going further, > but reboots again to the boot splash image screen. > > Today morning I just took its hard disk and connected to another box > having same specs > Then I started the box, with the harddisk of my server ..., then it > going after the boot, so I thought issues over... > > But my bad, this time it comes to a prompt mount root > and stuck > there.. When you moved the disk to the other server, the device name probably was changed. When you get a working keyboard, you can use '?' at that prompt to see what devices GEOM knows about or determine it from the boot messages. > > No key board inputs works in mount root> prompt Odd. Are you using a USB keyboard? > > > Any hints to recover this issue, most appreciated, and this is a > production server , and I want it up as early as possible. > > Thanks in Advance > Dhanesh > > _________________________________________________________________ > Bollywood This Decade > http://entertainment.in.msn.com/bollywoodthisdecade/_______________________________________________ > 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" _______________________________________________ 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"
