Manual root filesystem specification
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I just got 1.2.3 installed (finally after many hurdles) on a test machine.
I have a single SATA HDD in the server, which shows up as "ad4".
After installation, I get the error
Manual root filesystem specificationAnd I need to specify the filesystem and device.
After some trial and error and forum searching I discovered that the following worked for us:
ufs:ad4s1aAnd doing some more forum searching, I discovered some threads that adjusting your /etc/fstab will make it so that you don't have to specify this information everytime you bootup.
My fstab looks like this atm:
# Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass# /dev/ad4s1a / ufs rw 1 1 /dev/ad4s1b none swap sw 0 0What do I need to change?
PS - The forum admin needs to change the SMF forum's CSS to use a monospace typeface for code blocks :)
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Given your /etc/fstab it is not obvious why you need to specify the root file system.
I suggest you reboot and if the same problem recurs post a bit more context (say the preceding six lines and following few lines) to the request to specify the root file system.
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Can anyone provide some help for us on this? We are still having this problem. When we boot up pfSense, we have to manually input the filesystem to mount. The fstab has not changed and is still the same as above.
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If the fstab device matches exactly with what you type in, it shouldn't be necessary.
Out of curiosity, how large is / on there?
On some machines we have seen that / needs to be smaller (~8GB) and then the rest can be in /usr, but that requires going through the custom install and not using quick/auto.
That's just another guess though, as wallabybob said we'd need a lot more context in the boot log to offer any real help. The whole /var/log/dmesg.boot would help, as would the output of "mount" and "df".
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mount
/dev/ad4s1a on / (ufs, local) devfs on /dev (devfs, local) /dev/md0 on /var/run (ufs, local) devfs on /var/dhcpd/dev (devfs, local)df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad4s1a 142G 490M 131G 0% / devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev /dev/md0 3.6M 28K 3.3M 1% /var/run devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /var/dhcpd/devdmesg
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FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p5 #0: Sun Dec 6 22:57:48 EST 2009 sullrich@FreeBSD_7.2_pfSense_1.2.3_snaps.pfsense.org:/usr/obj.pfSense/usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense.7 Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 CPU: AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3100+ (1808.81-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0x10fc0 Stepping = 0 Features=0x78bfbff <fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,pse36,clflush,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2>AMD Features=0xe2500800 <syscall,nx,mmx+,ffxsr,lm,3dnow!+,3dnow!>AMD Features2=0x1 <lahf>real memory = 1073479680 (1023 MB) avail memory = 1036615680 (988 MB) ACPI APIC Table: <a m="" i ="" oemapic=""> ioapic0 <version 1.1="">irqs 0-23 on motherboard wlan: mac acl policy registered kbd1 at kbdmux0 cryptosoft0: <software crypto="">on motherboard padlock0: No ACE support. acpi0:</software></version> </a><a m="" i="" oemrsdt="">on motherboard acpi0: [ITHREAD] acpi0: Power Button (fixed) acpi0: reservation of 0, a0000 (3) failed acpi0: reservation of 100000, 3ff00000 (3) failed Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000 acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x4008-0x400b on acpi0 pcib0: <acpi host-pci="" bridge="">port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0 pci0: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib0 agp0: <nvidia nforce3-250="" agp="" controller="">on hostb0 isab0: <pci-isa bridge="">at device 1.0 on pci0 isa0: <isa bus="">on isab0 pci0: <serial bus,="" smbus="">at device 1.1 (no driver attached) ohci0: <ohci (generic)="" usb="" controller="">mem 0xfebfd000-0xfebfdfff irq 20 at device 2.0 on pci0 ohci0: [GIANT-LOCKED] ohci0: [ITHREAD] usb0: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support usb0: <ohci (generic)="" usb="" controller="">on ohci0 usb0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0: <nvidia 1="" 9="" ohci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usb0 uhub0: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered ohci1: <ohci (generic)="" usb="" controller="">mem 0xfebfe000-0xfebfefff irq 21 at device 2.1 on pci0 ohci1: [GIANT-LOCKED] ohci1: 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100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto nfe0: Ethernet address: 00:15:f2:9b:86:2c nfe0: [FILTER] pci0: <multimedia, audio="">at device 6.0 (no driver attached) atapci0: <nvidia nforce3="" pro="" udma133="" controller="">port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xffa0-0xffaf at device 8.0 on pci0 ata0: <ata 0="" channel="">on atapci0 ata0: [ITHREAD] ata1: <ata 1="" channel="">on atapci0 ata1: [ITHREAD] atapci1: <nvidia nforce3="" pro="" sata150="" controller="">port 0x9f0-0x9f7,0xbf0-0xbf3,0x970-0x977,0xb70-0xb73,0xc800-0xc80f,0xc400-0xc47f irq 22 at device 10.0 on pci0 atapci1: [ITHREAD] ata2: <ata 0="" channel="">on atapci1 ata2: [ITHREAD] ata3: <ata 1="" channel="">on atapci1 ata3: [ITHREAD] pcib1: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">at device 11.0 on pci0 pci1: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib1 vgapci0: <vga-compatible display="">mem 0xfd000000-0xfdffffff,0xea000000-0xebffffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1 pcib2: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">at device 14.0 on pci0 pci2: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib2 em0: 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psm0: <ps 2="" mouse="">irq 12 on atkbdc0 psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED] psm0: [ITHREAD] psm0: model IntelliMouse, device ID 3 sio0: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0 sio0: type 16550A sio0: [FILTER] cpu0: <acpi cpu="">on acpi0 powernow0: <cool`n'quiet k8="">on cpu0 device_attach: powernow0 attach returned 6 pmtimer0 on isa0 orm0: <isa option="" roms="">at iomem 0xc0000-0xc8fff,0xc9000-0xc9fff,0xca000-0xcafff,0xcb000-0xcbfff pnpid ORM0000 on isa0 sc0: <system console="">at flags 0x100 on isa0 sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 sio1: port may not be enabled vga0: <generic isa="" vga="">at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 Timecounter "TSC" frequency 1808812921 Hz quality 800 Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing. acd0: DVDR <nec dvd="" rw="" nd-3500ag="" 2.98="">at ata0-master UDMA33 ad4: 152627MB <seagate st3160023as="" 3.05="">at ata2-master SATA150 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:ad4s1a Trying to mount root from ufs:ad4s1a WARNING: / was not properly dismounted WARNING: R/W mount of / denied. Filesystem is not clean - run fsck WARNING: R/W mount of / denied. Filesystem is not clean - run fsck</empty></fstype></device></device></fstype></seagate></nec></generic></system></isa></cool`n'quiet></acpi></ps></at></keyboard></floppy></pc></power></intel(r)></intel(r)></intel(r)></acpi></acpi></vga-compatible></acpi></acpi></ata></ata></nvidia></ata></ata></nvidia></multimedia,></ic></mii></nvidia></nvidia></nvidia></nvidia></nvidia></ohci></ohci></nvidia></ohci></ohci></serial></isa></pci-isa></nvidia></acpi></acpi></a></lahf></syscall,nx,mmx+,ffxsr,lm,3dnow!+,3dnow!></fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,pse36,clflush,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2> -
Does this help? Anything else I should post for you?
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Nothing really unusual there. It may be a quirk of your system that it doesn't like having such a large /
As I said in a post earlier in the thread, try to reinstall, using the custom install, and make a smaller / (maybe 8-10GB) and then /usr that takes up the rest of the drive.
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Was there any resolution to this problem? I'm new to PFSense and BSD, but I also have to manually mount. System is 3ghz P4, 2gb ram, 250gb sata drive.
Also I'm not sure why it is attempting to mount from USB devices. Is there something that needs to be configured in /boot? dmesg shows:
... Root mount waiting for: usbus4 usbus3 usbus2 usbus1 usbus0 uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered uhub3: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered Root mount waiting for: usbus4 Root mount waiting for: usbus4 Root mount waiting for: usbus4 uhub4: 8 ports with 8 removable, self powered Loader variables: vfs.root.mountfrom= vfs.root.mountfrom.options= Manual root filesystem specification: <fstype>:<device>Mount <device>using filesystem <fstype>eg. ufs:/dev/da0s1a eg. cd9660:/dev/acd0 This is equivalent to: mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd0 / ? List valid disk boot devices <empty line="">Abort manual input mountroot> ufs:/dev/ad14s1a Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad14s1a</empty></fstype></device></device></fstype>> cat /etc/fstab # Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass# /dev/ad14s1a / ufs rw 1 1 /dev/ad14s1b none swap sw 0 0 >> df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad14s1a 222G 166M 204G 0% / devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev /dev/md0 3.6M 44K 3.3M 1% /var/run devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /var/dhcpd/dev -
Not sure if it was resolved because there was never any feedback from my suggestion to try a smaller root (/) slice and use the rest for /usr.
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I did a fresh install on another disk and identical system. Seems to work just fine, so I'm not sure what the issue is/was? Perhaps the disk has a problem.
Update: For those who come across this thread … The cause of one PC not booting properly is still unknown but most likely a hardware issue with the MB.
I determined that the issue was not the disk drive, cables, or network cards. I installed on two systems with identical MB (Asus p4c800e) and bios settings. On one board, the standard ich sata port would not boot properly. Same drives on alternate PC never showed a problem. Switchiing to the Promise controller sata port on the bad board does work. Other OS's have no problem booting (linux, windoze). I can only assume that the older MB may be failing in some way.
I'm new to BSD and not familiar with how BSD determines device names, but on one it would find the disk as ad4s1a and on the other (non-working) ad8s1a with promise controller disabled.
