FreeBSD crashed

[Henri Hennebert]

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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