From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 6 22:04:33 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5230D106564A for ; Tue, 6 Jul 2010 22:04:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from admin@cpcnw.co.uk) Received: from relay.ptn-ipout02.plus.net (relay.ptn-ipout02.plus.net [212.159.7.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE81C8FC14 for ; Tue, 6 Jul 2010 22:04:32 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AhcFAABFM0xUXebj/2dsb2JhbACId4tpiyNxwHQNhRgE Received: from outmx01.plus.net ([84.93.230.227]) by relay.ptn-ipout02.plus.net with ESMTP; 06 Jul 2010 23:04:30 +0100 Received: from custompc.plus.com ([212.159.115.167] helo=main) by outmx01.plus.net with smtp (Exim) id 1OWGFi-0001Fe-Kq for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:04:30 +0100 Message-ID: <32956318D56C4ECEAE8EBDB86728D3E9@main> From: "Graham Bentley" To: "FreeBSD Questions" Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 23:03:50 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5931 Subject: Booting FreeBSD from Compact Flash X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:04:33 -0000 OK I confess that this is associated with FreeNAS however it seems rather quiet over there on the support forums and I know there are some knowledgeable BSD people on this list who may be willing to help on this ... Compact Flash: Kingston 4GB 45x Elite Pro [CF/4GB-S] Target Mainboard: VIA EPIA-V10000 * I D/L'ed FreeNAS-i386-embedded-0.7.2.5252.img * I checksumed it with md5sum for WindowsXPP - it matched * I used physdiskwrite v0.5.2 to write the image to CF on my desktop PC * I hoooked up the CF to the target mainboard and booted the kernel Now this is where things go awry .... I end up at this prompt ; mountroot> I can see the Kinston is ID as ad0 a few lines above at ata0-master. If I enter ? I get a list of boot devices as follows ; ad0c ad0a ad0 If I enter; mountroot> ufs:/dev/ad0a I get a 'panic: no init' message and a reboot ; no other choice of boot device gives any such result. CF boots perfectly hooked up to my desktop PC. On Via Mainboard I have tried switching off all IDE 'modes' to zero etc but still no joy. I tried using the verbose boot option and notice that following the CF card being ID'ed I get the following ; ad0 VIA check1 failed ad0 Adaptec check1 failed ad0 LSI (v3) check1 failed ad0 LSI (v2) check1 failed ado FreeBSD check1 failed Would I be right in thinking that its chipset support for this baord is whats preventing access to the root of the OS/FS? And if it is, is it possible to add module support somehow? Thanks in advance of any help :)