From owner-freebsd-current Wed Jul 22 04:28:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA12245 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 22 Jul 1998 04:28:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from goliath.camtech.net.au (goliath.camtech.net.au [203.5.73.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA12218 for ; Wed, 22 Jul 1998 04:28:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from thyerm@camtech.net.au) Received: from camtech.net.au (dialup-ad-4-16.camtech.net.au [203.28.0.144]) by goliath.camtech.net.au (8.8.5/8.8.2) with ESMTP id UAA07433; Wed, 22 Jul 1998 20:57:56 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <35B5CCE3.8F198793@camtech.net.au> Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 20:58:35 +0930 From: Matthew Thyer X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Julian Elischer CC: FreeBSD CURRENT Subject: Re: DEVFS not creating slice devices for my SCSI disks References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG My second message has the extracts of dmesg you are after. I dont recall what /dev looks like for the working DEVFS kernel (CTM src-cur 3429). These disks are not dangerously dedicated (I think). I'm pretty sure I set them up with the auto mode of disklabel. Can I tell from the disklabel if they're DD or not ? Julian Elischer wrote: > > Thanks for letting me know.. > I can't think what problem you may be having, but it soulds as if I've > broken the 'format probes' for your disks.. > > how are they set up, "dangerously dedicated?" > What does /dev look liek (regarding these devices) in a working kernel. > > you say they don't find your SCSI disks.. > does it still find your root disk? > (I guess it must as you seem to be able to boot enough to look in /dev) > > can you give me a copy of 'dmesg' from such a boot? > > here's what the end of MY boot looks like: > > what does the same part of YOUR boot look like? > -- /=====================================================================\ |Work: Matthew.Thyer@dsto.defence.gov.au | Home: thyerm@camtech.net.au| \=====================================================================/ "If it is true that our Universe has a zero net value for all conserved quantities, then it may simply be a fluctuation of the vacuum of some larger space in which our Universe is imbedded. In answer to the question of why it happened, I offer the modest proposal that our Universe is simply one of those things which happen from time to time." E. P. Tryon from "Nature" Vol.246 Dec.14, 1973 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message