HP Netserver RAID Controller + FreeBSD 4.10 problem

[Artyom Viklenko]

Odhiambo Washington wrote:
> Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
> 
> I have installed FreeBSD (well, that is the only one I could anyway),
> but I am hitting a snag: When I boot up the box, it refuses to automount
> the root fs, then takes me to "Manual Root File System specification" option.
> 
> When I specify
> 
> ufs:/dev/amrd0s1a then the box boots. What I don't understand is why it
> is refusing to obey the same thing in fstab..
> 
> ....
 >
> mountroot> ufs:/dev/amrd0s1a
> Mounting root from ufs:/dev/amrd0s1a
> 
> 
> How do I get around this one????
> 

Try to compile rootfs specification in to the kernel:

options         ROOTDEVNAME=\"ufs:amrd0s1a\"


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        Sincerely yours,
                          Artyom V. Viklenko.
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