From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 27 03:16:44 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC715106566C for ; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:16:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matheusber@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f134.google.com (mail-qy0-f134.google.com [209.85.221.134]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75AB78FC1E for ; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:16:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matheusber@gmail.com) Received: by qyk40 with SMTP id 40so1771596qyk.3 for ; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:16:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:sender:received:received :message-id:in-reply-to:references:date:subject:from:to:user-agent :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-priority :importance; bh=7vfoxs1TCddPdryMS3RKUWat2fke5J6+IXu+XL5S4BI=; b=L9ld7815dqHUF0+2KtLMFaTBrfsbZl7HWCJzC5ckvFk3xsqUbH7I+19+eam9kDRIOU icl4/HZttFdxX3dOhxZs5qJrD76OM47zfymX8v8ltsyjtqBs2D1WF+4PhDEgPf+29onL mrYBe+Q7lZ8BUMKRyXz7SBNXjSeKgoGqaqXhg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:message-id:in-reply-to:references:date:subject:from:to :user-agent:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :x-priority:importance; b=EH2SyELOYd3W3DuaPDUAcGY9c6ZjN4/5BUk1OKtw+gflGbc7kGVL7FAjoOeU40FNLA ehr5cUmhZXp9LmcZ3GfyrnYZ5+jFgIm/X3YVMDkTG/EkktYPY7xFA7SObBMPQgcjor5e TAnDgta9JRGHg/jEfaiJOR0XdrDInpBRagYGE= Received: by 10.224.80.205 with SMTP id u13mr2177668qak.356.1238123798508; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:16:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cygnus.homeunix.com ([189.71.18.191]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 5sm2813398yxt.14.2009.03.26.20.16.36 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:16:36 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Nenhum_de_Nos Received: by cygnus.homeunix.com (Postfix, from userid 80) id 96641B8074; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:16:27 -0300 (BRT) Received: from 10.1.1.80 (SquirrelMail authenticated user matheus) by 10.1.1.10 with HTTP; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:16:27 -0300 (BRT) Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <1237884572.1771.28.camel@balrog.2hip.net> References: <1237804575.1771.7.camel@balrog.2hip.net> <1237884572.1771.28.camel@balrog.2hip.net> Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:16:27 -0300 (BRT) From: "Nenhum_de_Nos" To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.15 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Subject: Re: Booting from usb hard disk X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:16:45 -0000 On Tue, March 24, 2009 05:49, Robert Noland wrote: > On Mon, 2009-03-23 at 19:40 -0300, Nenhum_de_Nos wrote: >> On Mon, March 23, 2009 07:36, Robert Noland wrote: >> > So I have my i386 install on a usb hard disk, which I can only boot on >> > one machine now. The one machine that I can make work has a bios >> option >> > that reads "BIOS ehci handoff". This used to work with the old usb >> > stack. The machines that it doesn't work on, boot the kernel, but >> fail >> > to mount root, giving me the forbidding mountroot> prompt, which is >> > immediately followed by the message saying that da0 is attached. da0 >> is >> > however not listed in the available boot devices list. I tried >> playing >> > around with the timeout in vfs_mount.c, but that didn't seem to have >> any >> > impact. It has been suggested that this may be a "geom" timeout, but >> I >> > don't know anything about the boot system really. >> >> I had problem a while ago with via mini itx hardware, that was quite >> close. If I try boot from usb (installed in usb hdd), I get to the point >> of loader not finding my disk. >> >> I then used a small flash disk attached to the ata (44 pin ide) channel >> and formatted /boot in there. this way I get to the point of mount root >> you said, and da0 not being alive soon enough to mount root. list disks >> also couldn't find da0 though. >> >> I tried current from that time, and no good. >> >> if this is solved, I'll be happy to try whatever patch to current. (as >> long as I can install it from another box/or its ata channel, as it >> can't >> boot vanilla 7.1R) > > So, my solution was to set kern.cam.scsi_delay=10000 > in /boot/loader.conf with this set, it doesn't even detects the usb disk, just the controller :( thanks, matheus > You can hit 6 from the boot menu and set it manually the first time. > > robert. > >> matheus >> > > -- > Robert Noland > FreeBSD > -- We will call you cygnus, The God of balance you shall be