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    The dreaded root mount error - no fix found

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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      tamtap
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      so, i have a watchguard box. pulled the drive from it and plugged into a desktop. booted from pfsense cd and installed pfsense onto the hard drive.

      put hard drive back into the watchguard box and now when it boots I get the root mount error and cant find a fix. All the google links talk about usb which isn't relevant.

      Help!!!!

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        tamtap
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        just in case anyone else stumbles across this here is the fix.

        type ? and press enter, this will give the real drive partition number.

        then type

        ufs:/dev/adxs1a where x is the number from above.

        boot.

        shell into pfsense and edit \etc\fstab and make it match what you entered.

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