Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 10:32:18 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: geom_bsd Message-ID: <200405241032.18350.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20040522162706.GA7409@dischord.org> References: <20040522162706.GA7409@dischord.org>
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On Saturday 22 May 2004 12:27 pm, Nick Jones wrote: > I'm having a problem when loading geom_bsd on an Alpha XPS1000 machine and > subsequently attempting to access a particular IDE drive, which is as > follows: > > [nick@lungfish nick]$ uname -a > FreeBSD lungfish.dischord.org 5.2.1-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE-p4 #0: > Mon Apr 5 13:14:34 BST 2004 > nick@lungfish.dischord.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LUNGFISH alpha > > [nick@lungfish nick]$ dmesg | grep -i maxtor > ad0: 39205MB <Maxtor 6E040L0> [79656/16/63] at ata1-master WDMA2 > > [nick@lungfish nick]$ sudo bsdlabel /dev/ad0 > bsdlabel: /dev/ad0: no valid label found If you are adding a new label do this: sudo bsdlabel /dev/ad0 auto > [nick@lungfish nick]$ sudo kldload geom_bsd > > At this point I notice this in /var/log/messages: > > May 22 16:22:24 lungfish kernel: module_register: module g_bsd already > exists! May 22 16:22:24 lungfish kernel: Module g_bsd failed to register: > 17 Yes, GEOM_BSD is compiled into Alpha kernels by default, so you don't need to load the module. The fact that the module loads at all is a bug that probably leads to the hang you see. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org
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