Rob Deker wrote:

> #mount -vat ffs 
> ffs: /dev/sd0a on /: specified device does not match mounted device
> fss: /dev/sd0d on /var: Device not configured
> /dev/sd0g on /usr type ffs (local)
> /dev/sd0h on /local type ffs (local)
> 
> running mount at this point yields:
> 
> *mount
> root_device on / type ffs (local, read-only)
> /dev/sd0g on /usr type ffs (local)
> /dev/sd0h on /local type ffs (local)
> 
> fstab looks like:
> 
> /dev/sd0a / ffs rw 1 2
> /dev/sd0d /var ffs rw 1 2 
> /dev/sd0g /usr ffs rw 1 2
> /dev/sd0h /local ffs rw 1 2
> 
> any ideas?

Try -A rather than -a, or explicitly
mount /dev/sd0a /

Next, I think /dev/sd0d is reserved for the whole disk, so change sd0d
to sd0e or f in your fstab.

Good luck,

 Patrick