Can't boot: "Not ufs No /boot/loader"

[leftyteck]

Hi all,

I recently tried to install FreeBSD 9 using the USB image. Here is my partition setup:

- 2 NTFS partitions
- /dev/ada0s3 - FreeBSD
- - /boot (500M)
- - swap (4G)
- - / 120G

The installation goes fine without a hitch but it doesn't install a boot loader, so after everything I run:

boot0cfg -Bv ada0

It runs fine (I think?). Then, when I restart the machine, I get the following when I try to boot FreeBSD:

Not ufs
Not ufs
No /boot/loader

FreeBSDx86 boot
Default: 0:ad(0,a)/boot/kernel/kernel
boot:
Not ufs
No /boot/kernel/kernel

FreeBSD/x86 boot
Default: 0:ad(0,a)/boot/kernel/kernel

I've tried installing without a /boot partition and no luck. Any ideas?


Thanks!

 

[SirDice]

Don't split /boot/ of off the main filesystem. It's not going to work. It's not Linux.

 

[Nukama]

What's your filesystem and directory layout?

You could run a separate /boot partition, but it has to contain the folder /boot with content of a normal /boot directory (and correct setting of vfs.root.mountfrom).
Don't mount filesystem directly on /boot. Mount it on /boot-mount and link boot to /boot-mount/boot.
# cd / ; ln -s /boot-mount/boot boot

 

[wblock@]

Untested, but I'm skeptical about that working. The bigger question is what OP is hoping to accomplish by doing it.