Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 01:56:04 -0700 From: Ryan Merrick <sandshrimp@comcast.net> To: Frank Masolijn <frank@masolijn.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Retry: Problem with boot/loader I can't seem to solve. Ideas anyone? Message-ID: <3F618A24.5000506@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <003101c3793e$53fda190$0200a8c0@raven> References: <003101c3793e$53fda190$0200a8c0@raven>
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Frank Masolijn wrote: > L.S. > > For about a week now I've been trying unsuccesfully to solve the problem > below. > > My machine was installed with 4.8-Release. > The problem started after compiling and installing a new kernel to replace > kernel.GENERIC > > What happens is: > > The system starts. > Detects the AH2940 SCSI controller. > The controller detects 3 devices. > -SCSI ID#2 CDROM > -SCSI ID#1 IBM 4,3 GB Disk 0x80 (probably recognized later as da1) > -SCSI ID#0 IBM 4,3 GB Disk 0x81 (probably recognized later as da0) > > It then starts boot0 and shows the boot0 selection-screen. > F1 FreeBSD > F5 Drive 1 > > Default: F1 > > -Choosing F5 results in errors since that one isn't bootable. > -Choosing F1 (in my opinion the correct one) yields the following. > > Having choosen something at boot0 the system continues. > At this point it should be able to find /boot.config, but as I'll later show > it apparently ignores it. > > It then shows the boot2 screen. > >>>FreeBSD/i386 BOOT > > Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel > boot: > > At this point I've tried entering the following things. > X:da(Y,a)/Z with > -X anywhere between 0 and 5. > -Y anywhere between 0 and 2. > -Z either /kernel or /boot/loader. > > The following options allowed a continued boot. > 1:da(0,a)/kernel > 1:da(1,a)/kernel > 1:da(2,a)/kernel > 1:da(0,a)/boot/loader > 1:da(1,a)/boot/loader > 1:da(2,a)/boot/loader > > All the others didn't work. > > Having discovered the correct input I assumed putting the same into > /boot.config would solve the problem and would ensure I wouldn't have to > fill it in manually every time the system boots > (this is not practial sincec the system neither has a viewscreen or a > keyboard) this however isn't the case. Whatever I fill in into /boot.config > the result remains the same. The system tries to boot > tells me twice "Invalid partition' followed by "Can't find /kernel". > > I've reinstalled boot0, boot1 and boot2 to no effect. Reïnstalling FreeBSD > from scratch and making another kernel resulted in the same problem. > > My guts tell me the problems lies in boot0 or boot1's apparent inabillity to > execute the correct value specified in /boot.config but I can't find any > cause for this. > Has anyone got any ideas on how to resolve this problem or where to find > additional documentation since I can't find enough information in the > Handbook to determine whether the problem indeed lies in the system's > inabillity to find /boot.config? > > Thanks in advance, > > Frank Masolijn > > PS. Below anyone interested will find all information I think might be > required. (If somethings missing please mail me.) > > DMESG > Copyright (c) 1992-2003 The FreeBSD Project. > Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 > The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. > FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE #1: Mon Sep 1 18:47:33 CEST 2003 > kalizec@qequoia:/usr/src/sys/compile/QEQUOIA > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz > CPU: Pentium II/Pentium II Xeon/Celeron (233.87-MHz 686-class CPU) > Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x633 Stepping = 3 > > Features=0x80f9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,M > MX> > real memory = 100663296 (98304K bytes) > avail memory = 94269440 (92060K bytes) > Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc0392000. > Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled > md0: Malloc disk > Using $PIR table, 6 entries at 0xc00fda50 > npx0: <math processor> on motherboard > npx0: INT 16 interface > pcib0: <Intel 82443LX (440 LX) host to PCI bridge> on motherboard > pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0 > agp0: <Intel 82443LX (440 LX) host to PCI bridge> mem 0xe0000000-0xe3ffffff > at device 0.0 on pci0 > pcib1: <Intel 82443LX (440 LX) PCI-PCI (AGP) bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0 > pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1 > isab0: <Intel 82371AB PCI to ISA bridge> at device 7.0 on pci0 > isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0 > atapci0: <Intel PIIX4 ATA33 controller> at device 7.1 on pci0 > atapci0: ATA channel disabled by BIOS > pci0: <Intel 82371AB/EB (PIIX4) USB controller> at 7.2 irq 15 > chip0: <Intel 82371AB Power management controller> port 0x5f00-0x5f0f at > device 7.3 on pci0 > rl0: <RealTek 8139 10/100BaseTX> port 0x6800-0x68ff mem > 0xef000000-0xef0000ff irq 15 at device 9.0 on pci0 > rl0: Ethernet address: 00:50:fc:2a:88:ff > miibus0: <MII bus> on rl0 > rlphy0: <RealTek internal media interface> on miibus0 > rlphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto > ahc0: <Adaptec 2940 SCSI adapter> port 0x6c00-0x6cff mem > 0xef001000-0xef001fff irq 12 at device 10.0 on pci0 > aic7870: Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 16/253 SCBs > pci0: <S3 968 graphics accelerator> at 11.0 irq 10 > ed0: <NE2000 PCI Ethernet (ProLAN)> port 0x7000-0x701f irq 11 at device 12.0 > on pci0 > ed0: address 48:54:e8:90:55:96, type NE2000 (16 bit) > eisa0: <EISA bus> on motherboard > eisa0: unknown card ADP7871 (0x04907871) at slot 6 > orm0: <Option ROMs> at iomem 0xc0000-0xc7fff,0xc8000-0xcb7ff on isa0 > fdc0: <NEC 72065B or clone> at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0 > fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold > ata0 at port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 irq 14 on isa0 > ata1 at port 0x170-0x177,0x376 irq 15 on isa0 > atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0 > atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> flags 0x1 irq 1 on atkbdc0 > kbd0 at atkbd0 > vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 > sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0 > sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> > sio0: configured irq 4 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 > sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0 > sio0: type 8250 > sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 > ppc0: parallel port not found. > IP packet filtering initialized, divert enabled, rule-based forwarding > enabled, default to deny, logging disabled > BRIDGE 020214 loaded > Waiting 5 seconds for SCSI devices to settle > Mounting root from ufs:/dev/da0s1a > da0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 > da0: <IBM-PCCO DDRS-34560W !# S97B> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-2 device > da0: 20.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 8, 16bit), Tagged Queueing > Enabled > da0: 4303MB (8813870 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 548C) > da1 at ahc0 bus 0 target 1 lun 0 > da1: <IBM-PCCO DDRS-34560W !# S97B> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-2 device > da1: 20.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 8, 16bit), Tagged Queueing > Enabled > da1: 4303MB (8813870 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 548C) > cd0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 2 lun 0 > cd0: <PLEXTOR CD-ROM PX-32TS 1.03> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-2 device > cd0: 10.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 15)# Qequoia's new kernel > cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present > > KERNEL CONFIG > machine i386 > ident QEQUOIA > cpu I686_CPU > ident GENERIC > maxusers 0 > > options MATH_EMULATE #Support for x87 emulation > options INET #InterNETworking > options INET6 #IPv6 communications protocols > options FFS #Berkeley Fast Filesystem > options FFS_ROOT #FFS usable as root device [keep > this!] > options SOFTUPDATES #Enable FFS soft updates support > options UFS_DIRHASH #Improve performance on big > directories > options MFS #Memory Filesystem > options MD_ROOT #MD is a potential root device > options NFS #Network Filesystem > options NFS_ROOT #NFS usable as root device, NFS > required > options MSDOSFS #MSDOS Filesystem > options CD9660 #ISO 9660 Filesystem > options CD9660_ROOT #CD-ROM usable as root, CD9660 > required > options PROCFS #Process filesystem > options COMPAT_43 #Compatible with BSD 4.3 [KEEP > THIS!] > options SCSI_DELAY=5000 #Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI > options UCONSOLE #Allow users to grab the console > options USERCONFIG #boot -c editor > options VISUAL_USERCONFIG #visual boot -c editor > options KTRACE #ktrace(1) support > options SYSVSHM #SYSV-style shared memory > options SYSVMSG #SYSV-style message queues > options SYSVSEM #SYSV-style semaphores > options P1003_1B #Posix P1003_1B real-time extensions > options _KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING > options ICMP_BANDLIM #Rate limit bad replies > options KBD_INSTALL_CDEV # install a CDEV entry in /dev > options AHC_REG_PRETTY_PRINT # Print register bitfields in debug > # output. Adds ~128k to driver. > options AHD_REG_PRETTY_PRINT # Print register bitfields in debug > # output. Adds ~215k to driver. > > device isa > device eisa > device pci > > # Floppy drives > device fdc0 at isa? port IO_FD1 irq 6 drq 2 > device fd0 at fdc0 drive 0 > device fd1 at fdc0 drive 1 > > # ATA and ATAPI devices > device ata0 at isa? port IO_WD1 irq 14 > device ata1 at isa? port IO_WD2 irq 15 > device ata > device atadisk # ATA disk drives > device atapicd # ATAPI CDROM drives > device atapifd # ATAPI floppy drives > device atapist # ATAPI tape drives > options ATA_STATIC_ID #Static device numbering > > # SCSI Controllers > device ahc # AHA2940 and onboard AIC7xxx devices > > # SCSI peripherals > device scbus # SCSI bus (required) > device da # Direct Access (disks) > device cd # CD > > # atkbdc0 controls both the keyboard and the PS/2 mouse > device atkbdc0 at isa? port IO_KBD > device atkbd0 at atkbdc? irq 1 flags 0x1 > device psm0 at atkbdc? irq 12 > > device vga0 at isa? > > # splash screen/screen saver > pseudo-device splash > > # syscons is the default console driver, resembling an SCO console > device sc0 at isa? flags 0x100 > > device agp # support several AGP chipsets > > # Floating point support - do not disable. > device npx0 at nexus? port IO_NPX irq 13 > > # Power management support (see LINT for more options) > device apm0 at nexus? disable flags 0x20 # Advanced Power > Management > > # Serial (COM) ports > device sio0 at isa? port IO_COM1 flags 0x10 irq 4 > device sio1 at isa? port IO_COM2 irq 3 > device sio2 at isa? disable port IO_COM3 irq 5 > device sio3 at isa? disable port IO_COM4 irq 9 > > # Parallel port > device ppc0 at isa? irq 7 > device ppbus # Parallel port bus (required) > device lpt # Printer > device plip # TCP/IP over parallel > device ppi # Parallel port interface device > > # PCI Ethernet NICs that use the common MII bus controller code. > # NOTE: Be sure to keep the 'device miibus' line in order to use these NICs! > device miibus # MII bus support > device rl # RealTek 8129/8139 > device xl # 3Com 3c90x (``Boomerang'', ``Cyclone'') > > # ISA Ethernet NICs. > # 'device ed' requires 'device miibus' > device ed0 at isa? disable port 0x280 irq 10 iomem 0xd8000 > > # Pseudo devices - the number indicates how many units to allocate. > pseudo-device loop # Network loopback > pseudo-device ether # Ethernet support > pseudo-device sl 1 # Kernel SLIP > pseudo-device ppp 10 # Kernel PPP > pseudo-device tun # Packet tunnel. > pseudo-device pty # Pseudo-ttys (telnet etc) > pseudo-device md # Memory "disks" > pseudo-device gif # IPv6 and IPv4 tunneling > pseudo-device faith 1 # IPv6-to-IPv4 relaying (translation) > > # The `bpf' pseudo-device enables the Berkeley Packet Filter. > # Be aware of the administrative consequences of enabling this! > pseudo-device bpf #Berkeley packet filter > > options IPFIREWALL > options IPDIVERT > options ROOTDEVNAME=\"ufs:da1s1a\" > options BRIDGE > > DISKLABEL da0 > # /dev/da0c: > type: SCSI > disk: da0s1 > label: > flags: > bytes/sector: 512 > sectors/track: 32 > tracks/cylinder: 128 > sectors/cylinder: 4096 > cylinders: 2150 > sectors/unit: 8810464 > rpm: 3600 > interleave: 1 > trackskew: 0 > cylinderskew: 0 > headswitch: 0 # milliseconds > track-to-track seek: 0 # milliseconds > drivedata: 0 > > 8 partitions: > # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] > a: 524288 0 4.2BSD 0 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - 127) > b: 524288 524288 swap # (Cyl. 128 - 255) > c: 8810464 0 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - > 2150*) > e: 1048576 1048576 4.2BSD 0 0 0 # (Cyl. 256 - 511) > f: 1048576 2097152 4.2BSD 0 0 0 # (Cyl. 512 - 767) > g: 5664736 3145728 4.2BSD 0 0 0 # (Cyl. 768 - > 2150*) > > DISKLABEL da1 > # /dev/da1c: > type: SCSI > disk: da1s1 > label: > flags: > bytes/sector: 512 > sectors/track: 63 > tracks/cylinder: 255 > sectors/cylinder: 16065 > cylinders: 547 > sectors/unit: 8803557 > rpm: 3600 > interleave: 1 > trackskew: 0 > cylinderskew: 0 > headswitch: 0 # milliseconds > track-to-track seek: 0 # milliseconds > drivedata: 0 > > 8 partitions: > # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] > b: 524288 0 swap # (Cyl. 0 - 32*) > c: 8803557 0 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - 547*) > e: 8279269 524288 4.2BSD 0 0 0 # (Cyl. 32*- 547*) > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > What does #/boot/loader.conf look like ? Ryan
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