boot fails "Can't stat /dev/da0a: No such file or directory"

[Graham Menhennitt]

On 3/05/2016 06:42 PM, Edward Tomasz Napierała wrote:
> On 0502T0643, Graham Menhennitt wrote:
>> On 30/04/2016 06:53 PM, Graham Menhennitt wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I have a USB disk that I use for backup. Up till now, it's mounted
>>> without any problems at boot time. After updating to -current as of
>>> yesterday, it doesn't mount and causes the boot to fail.
>>>
>>> My /etc/fstab looks like:
>>>
>>>     # Device    Mountpoint    FStype    Options    Dump    Pass#
>>>
>>>     /dev/ada0s1a    /        ufs    rw    1    1
>>>     /dev/ada0s1b    none        swap    sw    0    0
>>>     /dev/da0a    /backup        ufs    rw,late    1    1
>>>
>>>
>>> I tried adding the "late" to fix the problem, but it doesn't help.
>>>
>>> The error message is:
>>>
>>>     /dev/ada0s1a: clean...
>>>     Can't stat /dev/da0a: No such file or directory
>>>     Unknown error; help!
>>>     ERROR: ABORTING BOOT (sending SIGTERM to parent)!
>>>
>>>
>>> (hand transcribed - maybe typos)
>>>
>>> Can anybody help, please.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>     Graham
>> Sorry, I forgot to mention...
>>
>> I commented out that line from fstab which allows the boot to complete.
>> I can then manually mount it without any problems. It looks like the
>> device doesn't get created early enough.
> Have you run mergemaster after upgrade?  In particular, do you have
> the current version of /etc/rc.d/mountcritlocal?
>
Thanks for replying, Edward. Yes I've installed that file. The delay
that Dave told me about has fixed the problem.

Thanks,
    Graham