From owner-freebsd-ia64 Wed Feb 19 21:13:36 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A94937B405 for ; Wed, 19 Feb 2003 21:13:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from ns1.xcllnt.net (209-128-86-226.bayarea.net [209.128.86.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A935643FAF for ; Wed, 19 Feb 2003 21:13:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcel@xcllnt.net) Received: from athlon.pn.xcllnt.net (athlon.pn.xcllnt.net [192.168.4.3]) by ns1.xcllnt.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h1K5DX1o040933; Wed, 19 Feb 2003 21:13:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcel@piii.pn.xcllnt.net) Received: from athlon.pn.xcllnt.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by athlon.pn.xcllnt.net (8.12.7/8.12.7) with ESMTP id h1K5DXUV009887; Wed, 19 Feb 2003 21:13:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcel@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net) Received: (from marcel@localhost) by athlon.pn.xcllnt.net (8.12.7/8.12.7/Submit) id h1K5DX7A009886; Wed, 19 Feb 2003 21:13:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcel) Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 21:13:32 -0800 From: Marcel Moolenaar To: Arun Sharma Cc: freebsd-ia64@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD ia64 install problems WAS: install on Dell Precision Work Station 730 Message-ID: <20030220051332.GA9855@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> References: <20030210203522.GA543@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> <20030214024721.GB1573@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> <20030215020654.GA1779@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> <20030219022618.GA1081@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> <20030219075115.GA32605@sharma-home.net> <20030219080755.GA557@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Sender: owner-freebsd-ia64@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 06:43:11PM -0800, Arun Sharma wrote: > Marcel Moolenaar writes: > > > 2. ufs:da0s1a failed to mount root for me. However, it gave me the > > > option of mounting root from: da0s2, da0p4 etc. > > > > > > When I chose to mount root from da0s2 (without the "a"), it dropped > > > me into single user mode, because the kernel couldn't find /usr and > > > other partitions. > > > > Hmmm... This smells like a GEOM bug. If the disklabel is valid (hence > > my question about this before), GEOM should automagically create the > > a, b, etc partition entries. If this appears not to be the case. It > > may be possible that the disklabel class does not like to work with > > the gpt class. I have to check that... > > > > There seems to be a problem with the disklabel (see below). However, I > don't think that explains the problem (works with MBR, but not with > GPT). > > Further, I couldn't use disklabel(8) to fix the problem. Even creating > a new auto/standard disklabel fails. It kept complaining about an > invalid ioctl. > > Any tips on how to debug geom ? I tried "set kern.geom.debugflags=1" > at the bootloader prompt without success. Send mail to Poul-Henning Kamp (phk@FreeBSD.org). I think you have the equivalent of the bermuda triangle on your disk. I can only guess at this time, but I think Poul has more experience with this. Let me know how this ends, -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ia64" in the body of the message