Re: Installer Upgrade - "No root partition defined. Cannot continue"

[gary%duzan.org@localhost]

> On Sun, Nov 08, 2026 at 03:05:43PM -0500, gary%duzan.org@localhost wrote:
>>    I'm trying to upgrade an amd64 VPS running 11.0 to 11.1 via the
>> netbsd-INSTALL kernel (added boot.cfg entry). I can boot into the
>> installer, select Upgrade, and select the target device (xbd0), but
>> can't get past the "No root partition defined" message. I just used the
>> same scheme to get from 10.2 to 11.0 about a week ago, so it seems like
>> it should work.
>
> Can you show mount output and /etc/fstab from the system when regularily
> booted (i.e. not an installer image)?
>
> Martin
>

gduzan-hvm# mount
/dev/xbd0a on / type ffs (local)
kernfs on /kern type kernfs (local)
ptyfs on /dev/pts type ptyfs (local)
procfs on /proc type procfs (local)
tmpfs on /var/shm type tmpfs (local)
gduzan-hvm# cat /etc/fstab
# NetBSD /etc/fstab
# See /usr/share/examples/fstab/ for more examples.
/dev/xbd0a              /       ffs     rw               1 1
/dev/xbd0b              none    swap    sw,dp            0 0
kernfs          /kern   kernfs  rw
ptyfs           /dev/pts        ptyfs   rw
procfs          /proc   procfs  rw
/dev/cd0a               /cdrom  cd9660  ro,noauto
tmpfs           /var/shm        tmpfs   rw,-m1777,-sram%25
gduzan-hvm# uname -a
NetBSD gduzan-hvm.vm.tornadovps.net 11.0 NetBSD 11.0 (GENERIC) #0: Thu Jul
30 15:23:12 UTC 2026 
mkrepro%mkrepro.NetBSD.org@localhost:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC amd64


                           Gary Duzan