From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 25 19:21:11 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D6A416A4CE for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 19:21:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from main.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.224.249]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 678F343D49 for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 19:21:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-isp@m.gmane.org) Received: from root by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1C03KW-0000sL-00 for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 21:21:08 +0200 Received: from gray.impulse.net ([207.154.64.174]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 21:21:08 +0200 Received: from secabeen by gray.impulse.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 21:21:08 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org From: Ted Cabeen Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 12:05:31 -0700 Lines: 138 Message-ID: <876577nimc.fsf@gray.impulse.net> References: <20040818134834.GD63092__49711.5489597947$1092904511$gmane$org@ns2.wananchi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: gray.impulse.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) XEmacs/21.4 (Reasonable Discussion, berkeley-unix) Cancel-Lock: sha1:T+H31p+CvK8JCLr3arDXxSLtXZA= Sender: news Subject: Re: HP Netserver RAID Controller + FreeBSD 4.10 problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 19:21:11 -0000 Odhiambo Washington writes: > Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, > > I'd appreciate some help/clues on how to solve the following problem. > > I have acquired some 3 old-ish HP Netserver LH4r. They come with > built-in RAID adapters. > > I have installed FreeBSD (well, that is the only one I could anyway), > but I am hitting a snag: When I boot up the box, it refuses to automount > the root fs, then takes me to "Manual Root File System specification" option. > > When I specify > > ufs:/dev/amrd0s1a then the box boots. What I don't understand is why it > is refusing to obey the same thing in fstab.. > > My /etc/fstab contains the correct entries - /dev/amrd0s1{a|e|f} and I > have even compiled a kernel with support for "amr". > > I have three such boxes (God forbid if they all refuse to run FreeBSD). You probably need to make the devices in /dev. MAKEDEV amrd0 should do it. > Here is a dmesg output of what I am going through: > > > Copyright (c) 1992-2004 The FreeBSD Project. > Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 > The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. > FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE #1: Wed Aug 18 09:00:05 EAT 2004 > root@ns.wananchi.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SRV4.x > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz > CPU: Pentium III/Pentium III Xeon/Celeron (500.03-MHz 686-class CPU) > Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x672 Stepping = 2 > Features=0x387fbff > real memory = 1073676288 (1048512K bytes) > avail memory = 1041215488 (1016812K bytes) > Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc03a5000. > VESA: v2.0, 1024k memory, flags:0x0, mode table:0xc0337d42 (1000022) > VESA: Cirrus Logic GD-5446 VGA > netsmb_dev: loaded > Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled > Using $PIR table, 14 entries at 0xc00fdee0 > npx0: on motherboard > npx0: INT 16 interface > pcib0: on motherboard > pci0: on pcib0 > pcib1: at device 2.0 on pci0 > pci1: on pcib1 > xl0: <3Com 3c905B-TX Fast Etherlink XL> port 0xa000-0xa07f mem 0xe8100000-0xe810007f irq 11 at device 3.0 on pci1 > xl0: Ethernet address: 00:50:da:39:d8:2f > miibus0: on xl0 > ukphy0: on miibus0 > ukphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto > amr0: mem 0xf0000000-0xf7ffffff irq 10 at device 2.1 on pci0 > amr0: Firmware D.02.05, BIOS B.01.04, 16MB RAM > pcib2: at device 3.0 on pci0 > pci2: on pcib2 > xl1: <3Com 3c905-TX Fast Etherlink XL> port 0xb000-0xb03f irq 12 at device 2.0 on pci2 > xl1: Ethernet address: 00:a0:24:e1:77:34 > miibus1: on xl1 > nsphy0: on miibus1 > nsphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto > pci0: (vendor=0x103c, dev=0x10c1) at 6.0 > pci0: at 8.0 > isab0: at device 15.0 on pci0 > isa0: on isab0 > atapci0: port 0x9020-0x902f at device 15.1 on pci0 > ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0 > ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0 > pci0: at 15.2 > chip0: port 0x1040-0x104f at device 15.3 on pci0 > pcib3: at device 18.0 on pci0 > orm0: