Re: nanoBSD boot problem (on USB stick or as a HD)

From: Stefano Garzarella <stefanogarzarella_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 10:48:10 +0000
Hi Oliver,
Thank you very much!
I solved it setting NANO_LABEL="mylabel".

Cheers,
Stefano

Il giorno mar 15 set 2015 alle 12:05 O. Hartmann <
ohartman_at_zedat.fu-berlin.de> ha scritto:

> On Tue, 15 Sep 2015 11:31:36 +0200
> Stefano Garzarella <stefanogarzarella_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > I created a nanoBSD image for my gsoc project (ptnetmap on bhyve).
> >
> > I would like to boot this image on USB stick or in the hypervisor as a
> HD.
> > I have some problem because if I set NANO_DRIVE="da0" (for USB boot)
> > in the nanoBSD configuration file, the boot from USB stick works well,
> > but when I try to boot the same image in the hypervisor as a HD,
> > I have the following mountroot error:
> >
> > Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/da0s1a [ro]...
> > mountroot: waiting for device /dev/da0s1a ...
> > Mounting from ufs:/dev/da0s1a failed with error 19.
> >
> > Loader variables:
> >    vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/da0s1a
> >    vfs.root.mountfrom.options=ro
> >
> > mountroot>
> >
> >
> > At this point I need to manually specify "ufs:/dev/ad0s1a" to properly
> mount
> > the root.
> >
> > Can you help me?
> > There is some tricks to avoid this mountroot error?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Stefano Garzarella
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>
> Check your /etc/fstab. I guess the device for "/" is still /dev/da0s1a. I
> had
> to patch the nanoBSD scripts to target that issue and booting from UEFI
> systems,
> but my solution is not very transparent.
>
> Using labels would be more convenient and would be much more GPT/UEFI
> friendly.
>
> regards,
>
> Oliver
>
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