Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 17:26:36 -0400 (EDT) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> To: "Christopher T. Griffiths" <cgriffiths@quansoo.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrade from 3.4 to 4.0 with ida driver Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005031726150.668-100000@sasami.jurai.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005031139160.1849-200000@defiant.quansoo.com>
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On Wed, 3 May 2000, Christopher T. Griffiths wrote: > I sent this to freebsd-questions with no luck. I am desperately > trying to figure out this problem. I'll MFC the fix for this later this week. > Christopher T. Griffiths > Engineering Department > Quansoo Group Inc. > cgriffiths@quansoo.com > Hello everyone, > > I have been working for a good part of the day trying to get my compaq > system upgraded from 3.4 -stable to 4.0 -stable. > > I am using the following hardware: > > Compaq Proliant 1850R Server > Smart Array 3200 Controller > 1 Raid 1 array > > I have been running 3.4 for several months on this system with zero > problems. > > I have followed all of the Instructions in the Updating file and setup a > custom kernel configured to use the ata and ida drivers (attached). > > There is only one problem: > > I am getting the following on bootup when the kernel boots and tries to > change to the root device I get the following: > > ta0-slave: ata_command: timeout waiting for intr > ata0-slave: identify failed > acd0: CDROM <CD-224E> at ata0-master using PIO4 > no devsw (majdev=0 bootdev=0xa0200000) > Mounting root from ufs:/dev/idad0a > no such device 'idad' > setrootbyname failed > ffs_mountroot: can't find rootvp > Root mount failed: 6 > > Manual root filesystem specification: > <fstype>:<device> Mount <device> using filesystem <fstype> > eg. ufs:/dev/da0s1a > ? List valid disk boot devices > <empty line> Abort manual input > > mountroot> ufs:/dev/id0a / > Mounting root from ufs:/dev/id0a / > > My /etc/fstab contains the following: > > # Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump > Pass# > /dev/idad0b none swap sw 0 0 > /dev/idad0a / ufs rw 1 1 > /dev/idad0f /usr ufs rw 2 2 > /dev/idad0e /var ufs rw 2 2 > proc /proc procfs rw 0 0 > > > I have tried rebuilding the bootloader but no luck. > > It seems that when I imput /dev/id0a into mountroot prompt it then mounts > root and changes over to /dev/idad0a which is in my fstab. > > The funny thing is that there is no /dev/id0a in /dev and it will not > allow me to build it either. > > I also posted a much more crazy post earlier but have since fixed most of > the problems except this one. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks > > Chris > --- > Christopher T. Griffiths > Engineering Department > Quansoo Group Inc. > cgriffiths@quansoo.com > -- | Matthew N. Dodd | '78 Datsun 280Z | '75 Volvo 164E | FreeBSD/NetBSD | | winter@jurai.net | 2 x '84 Volvo 245DL | ix86,sparc,pmax | | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | This Space For Rent | ISO8802.5 4ever | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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