Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 09:25:01 -0400 From: kwc@world.std.com (Kenneth W Cochran) To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: 2.2.5 w/DPT hba Message-ID: <199710231325.AA04752@world.std.com>
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>From tom@sdf.com Wed Oct 22 19:19:17 1997
>Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 12:19:17 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Tom <tom@sdf.com>
>
>> >On Wed, 22 Oct 1997, Kenneth W Cochran wrote:
>> >> (copy of msg in freebsd-questions...)
>> >> I've done a FTP install of 2.2.2-RELEASE (2.2.5 soon)
>> >> on a machine with a DPT SCSI HBA using the boot.flp
>> >> from ftp.i-connect.net/crash. Post-install reboot fails
>> >> ("Read error"). Looks like the kernel with the dpt0 driver
>> >> did *not* copy over. I have/can get the system up with
>> >> a boot & subsequent fixit floppy (the fixit from 2.2.5-RELEASE)
>> >> but how can I get that DPT-enabled kernel (containig the dpt0
>> >> driver) onto the root of the boot hd? If I can get someething
>> >> there that will allow me to boot without a floppy, then I can
>> >> make & install a customized kernel. Please rsvp via e-mail;
>> >> my news server is down. I'll summarize to relevant newsgroups
>> >> if desired.
>>
>> >After installing, simply boot and use the fixit disk, and copy the
>> >kenerl.GENERIC from ftp.i-connect.net to /kernel, and boot up. At this
>> >point, you should build a new kernel from scratch using the 2.2.5
>> >source, and apply the dpt patch.
>>
>> *That's* the problem; I can get a fixit up & running but can't get
>> tne dpt-enabled kernel to where it needs to be. Ftp won't work (so
>> far) from fixit mode either...
>
>Well, you need to mount up the root partition: mount /dev/sd0a /mnt
>You need to configured the ethernet device to get FTP to work: ifconfig
>ed0 1.2.3.4
>You probably need a default route for the network: route add default
>5.6.7.8
>Tom
Done. & ftp worked (yaaay!) (although I had to use the numeric
ip-address, since dns wasn't up... no problem...)
But...
I *still* get "Read error" when trying to boot off hd.
I don't even get a "boot:" prompt so I could run userconfig.
I also don't get "missing operating system." Wierd. (Or is it?)
Looks like I don't have bootblocks(?) Any special incantation to
try, now that I should have a usable kernel (kernel.dpt from
ftp.i-connect.net/crash/kernel.dpt)?
Could runnig in "dangerously dedicated" mode have anything to
do with this? For this machine, I have no need to share w/other
OSes.
Update...
I can boot off the boot floppy by specifying 0:sd(0,a)kernel,
thus "forcing" the boot off the hd & things work fine(!)
Looks indeed like something is missing from my hd setup...
Idea(s)?
Further update...
Well, they don't work so fine... :-(
I'm booting by starting with the floppy & specifying
0:sd(0,a)kernel.DPT
at the prompt & that gets the system to boot off the hd
but I'm getting error messages from dpt0 of the following form:
dpt0 ERROR: Stale 7001 (Write (10) [6.1.18]) on c0b0t0u0 (199739226)
gets another chance(2/5)
(not quite the message, but it's scrolling & similar)
Also I can't exit the shell or shutdown, so I have to
hard-reset, fsck and hope for the best...
I did a minimal install (just so I could get *something* up) &
thus far /stand/sysinstall won't run (so I can get, among other
things, kernel sources & dpt-related patches). I'm in the 2.2.5
flavor of things... (except for this new boot, which is
3.0-ish) Am I going to have to hose this project & use Linux
instead? While BSDI works just fine w/DPT I don't have the
option of installing it in this case...
Many thanks,
-kc
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