FreeBSD crashed

Hello all:

My FreeBSD crashed. It boots fine but can't mount root
directory. Here is the message:

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/
...
....
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0s2a

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>

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
///          


Could any gurus here help me out this? I just want to save
the files in the home directory so that I can rebuild the
system.

Regards

Dave


      
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Just type "?" to get the possible values. If this
not help use the
livefs cd to start a shell and mount the disk.

Cheers,
Norman

2008/5/25 gahn <ipfreakyahoo.com>:
> Hello all:
>
> My FreeBSD crashed. It boots fine but can't mount root
directory. Here is the message:
>
>
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/
> ...
> ....
> Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0s2a
>
> 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>
>
>
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
///
>
>
> Could any gurus here help me out this? I just want to
save the files in the home directory so that I can rebuild
the system.
>
> Regards
>
> Dave
>
>
>
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On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 01:52:05AM -0700, gahn wrote:

> Could any gurus here help me out this? I just want to
save the files in the home directory so that I can rebuild
the system.

Boot with a FreeBSD installation or live CD/DVD and mount
the home partition and
burn the files on a CD or DVD, or copy them with scp to an
other system or mount a
remote filesystem like CIFS/Samba/NFS and copy the files on
that filesystem.

Or restore them from your most recent backup 

-- 
Regards,

Richard.

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gahn wrote:
> Hello all:
> 
> My FreeBSD crashed. It boots fine but can't mount root
directory. Here is the message:
> 
>
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/
> ...
> ....
> Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0s2a
> 
> 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>

try to find if da0s1a is the right disk:

`lsdev' may help

then `set currdev diskxxxx'

and check the content of the current disk with `ls'

Henri
> 
>
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
///          
> 
> 
> Could any gurus here help me out this? I just want to
save the files in the home directory so that I can rebuild
the system.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
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