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Michael Sperber wrote:
>
> I just upgraded my desktop system from 7.3 to 8.1, and the main hard
> drive, which was /dev/ad6 before is now /dev/ad10. Consequently, the
> initial boot failed when trying to mount the root file system from ad6.=
>
> The desktop system is now fixed, but I also have a rented server with
> only a serial console, and I worry that the upgrade is going to leave m=
e
> with a dead machine. Is there any way to predict how the drive number
> changes? (Why does it change at all?) If so, what's the proper way to=
> tell the system the initial root device *before* rebooting?
>
you may try to label your slices/labels and mount /dev/label/root=20
instead of /dev/adXsYa
see
man 8 glabel
--=20
SY, Marat
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