Old Drive in New Machine Problem

[jclarus]

One of my systems was overheating, so I bought a new i3 and had the old drive mounted in it. It starts booting fine. The FreeBSD Boot menu comes up, it goes through all the device detection then stops with:

Mounting root from: ufs:/dev/ad4s1a
setrootbyname failed
ffs_mountroot: can't find root vp
Root mount failed: 6

mountroot>

When I load the 9.1 CD it shows the partitions on ad0s1. When I enter ufs:ad0s1a at mountroot it generates the same error (with the specified device).

Any suggestions?

 

[SirDice]

When I enter ufs:ad0s1a at mountroot it generates the same error (with the specified device).

It needs the full path, try something like ufs:/dev/ad0s1a. If it boots you may also need to modify /etc/fstab.

 

[jclarus]

Didn't work

It needs the full path, try something like ufs:/dev/ad0s1a. If it boots you may also need to modify /etc/fstab.

I tried that just now, same error.

 

[SirDice]

If you enter "?" on the bootprompt, what devices does it show?

 

[jclarus]

If you enter "?" on the bootprompt, what devices does it show?

Doesn't show anything. My next step would be to install the OS. Can I preserve my /var when I do that? The partitions all show when booting from the CD.