Re: DragonFly cannot detect existing FreeBSD partitions during install and cannot detect SanDisk USB flash drive during install

[Stefan Johannesdal <stefan.johannesdal@xxxxxxxxx>]

Archimedes Gaviola wrote:
> Hi Matt,
>
> Yes, you are right. After kldload'ing the ehci driver manually, it
> automatically detects my SanDisk USB flash drive. I proceeded to
> installation and got successful with it. However when booting after
> installation, it stops somewhere while mounting the device. Below is
> the error encountered.
>
> Mounting root from ufs:/dev/da0s1a
> no disk named 'da0s1a'
> setrootbyname failed
> ffs_mountroot: can't find rootvp
> root mount failed: 6
>
> Manual root filesystem specification:
> <fstype>:<device>  Specify root (e.g. ufs:da0s1a)
> ?                           List valid disk boot devices
> panic                     Just panic
> abort                      Abort manual input
> mountroot>
>
> mountroot> ?
> Possibly valid device for 'ufs' root:
> "cd" "md" "ad" "acd" "mfs"
>
> Here, I typed  "?" where it doesn't show any "da" device
>
>   
Could it be that you have to load the module at boot from loader.conf?
I know I had to fiddle with this when I set up my system to boot from a 
vinum mirror volume. Look in /boot/defaults/loader.conf for options and 
make your own adapted loader.conf in /boot.

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