From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 13 14:45:05 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0186416A427 for ; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 14:45:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from raven.bwct.de (raven.bwct.de [85.159.14.73]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B02043D53 for ; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 14:45:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely5.cicely.de ([10.1.1.7]) by raven.bwct.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2DEj0rZ071943; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 15:45:00 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely12.cicely.de (cicely12.cicely.de [10.1.1.14]) by cicely5.cicely.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2DEiuWo011710 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 13 Mar 2006 15:44:56 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely12.cicely.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cicely12.cicely.de (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k2DEiu8a030680; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 15:44:56 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: (from ticso@localhost) by cicely12.cicely.de (8.13.4/8.13.3/Submit) id k2DEitS6030679; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 15:44:55 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso) Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 15:44:55 +0100 From: Bernd Walter To: Steve Rikli Message-ID: <20060313144454.GF641@cicely12.cicely.de> References: <20060313040335.GA90811@dragon.genyosha.net> <20060313073840.GA17327@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20060313143622.GA97709@dragon.genyosha.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060313143622.GA97709@dragon.genyosha.net> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD cicely12.cicely.de 5.4-STABLE alpha User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.4 X-Spam-Report: * -3.3 ALL_TRUSTED Did not pass through any untrusted hosts * -2.6 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% * [score: 0.0000] X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.4 (2005-06-05) on cicely12.cicely.de Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DS10 6.0 new install hangs mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0a X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: ticso@cicely.de List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 14:45:05 -0000 On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 06:36:22AM -0800, Steve Rikli wrote: > On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 08:38:40AM +0100, Wilko Bulte wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 08:03:35PM -0800, Steve Rikli wrote.. > > > Just finished an apparently uneventful install of 6.0 from CD > > > onto a DS10. > > > > > > The system hw is all healthy AFAI can tell -- it was previously > > > running OFS1 okay. > > > > > > The 6.0 install finshed and I rebooted -- last thing it ever > > > says on serial console is: > > > > > > ... > > > Waiting 5 seconds for SCSI devices to settle > > > Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0a > > > > > > and then nothing. No more or ^c or the like do anything. > > > > > > I've included as much of the serial console output as I could > > > capture. Suggestions/help/etc. very welcome. > > > > ATA support appears to be hosed on Alpha, and from looking at it this > > has been a problem for a long time. I run my DS10s with SCSI and > > did not notice any problems on those. It is also not only ATA on DS10 > > that has problems, my 164SX also suffers from it. > > Which SCSI controller & drive do you use? > > I suspected ATA was simply out in the weeds, so I installed an isp > and then later an ahc -- using a Hitachi 36GB (DK32DJ-36MW) caused > a panic during the device probing while booting the 6.0 install CD. I personally prefer sym(4) based controllers, but isp(4) ones are usually fine as well. Never had success with ahc(4) based on any alpha - although some persons claim to run them. > An 18GB Hitachi passed the probing, but the sysinstall never found > the drive to open for partitioning, even though the probing showed > it as da0. Sysinstall is picky about old contents. Clearing the first few sectors will help. -- B.Walter http://www.bwct.de http://www.fizon.de bernd@bwct.de info@bwct.de support@fizon.de