From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 9 08:13:19 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F32716A4BF for ; Tue, 9 Sep 2003 08:13:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gadolinium.btinternet.com (gadolinium.btinternet.com [194.73.73.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 105C643FF9 for ; Tue, 9 Sep 2003 08:13:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nick@freebsd.cx) Received: from host81-128-183-121.in-addr.btopenworld.com ([81.128.183.121] helo=cordelia.tachief.com) by gadolinium.btinternet.com with smtp (Exim 3.22 #23) id 19wkBA-0006Cx-00 for freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org; Tue, 09 Sep 2003 16:13:16 +0100 Received: (qmail 22144 invoked by uid 1000); 9 Sep 2003 15:04:21 -0000 Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 16:04:21 +0100 From: Nick Jones To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030909150421.GC7145@freebsd.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Operating-System: OpenBSD/3.4 (i386) X-Uptime: 3:56PM up 7:11, 2 users, load averages: 0.52, 0.42, 0.34 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Subject: Dedicated disks from a sparc64/-CURRENT system into an Alpha X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 15:13:19 -0000 Sorry to cross post this, but a suggestion mailed to me off-list regarding the problem below suggested that maybe it's endian related. As I need to get these disks working in either an Alpha box or an x86 box and sparc64 being the 'odd-one-out' (big endian), maybe someone on this list can shed some light. > To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org > > I'm trying to install two IDE disks that were created in dedicated mode on a > Sun Ultra5 running -CURRENT (from about a month ago) into a Compaq > Professional Workstation XPS1000 running 5.1-RELEASE. The disks are attached > to a Promise ATA100 PCI IDE Controller, and both devices are detected on boot > as follows: > > ad0: 58644MB [119150/16/63] at ata2-master UDMA100 > ad1: 114473MB [232581/16/63] at ata2-slave UDMA100 > > The corresponding entries in fstab taken from the sparc64 installation are: > > /dev/ad1f /data1 ufs rw 2 2 > /dev/ad0d /data2 ufs rw 2 2 > > However, neither 'ad0d' or 'ad1f' exist on the Alpha, and bsdlabel simply > returns: > > willow# bsdlabel /dev/ad0 > bsdlabel: /dev/ad0: no valid label found > > If I put the drives back into the sparc64 box all is well, so it's not > something that's happened physically to the drives during removal and > reinstallation. > > Any ideas? This is actually the first time I've really messed with 5.x and > devfs in particular so it might be something obvious I'm neglecting to do, but > I can't see it. > > TIA. -- /Nick