From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 9 10:02:59 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 110AB16A4BF for ; Tue, 9 Sep 2003 10:02:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web41310.mail.yahoo.com (web41310.mail.yahoo.com [66.218.93.59]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8A9D543FF2 for ; Tue, 9 Sep 2003 10:02:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from baby_p_nut@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20030909170258.90940.qmail@web41310.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [68.50.141.185] by web41310.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 09 Sep 2003 10:02:58 PDT Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 10:02:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Baby Peanut To: Nick Jones , freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20030909150421.GC7145@freebsd.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: 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 17:02:59 -0000 options FFS_EI # FFS Endian Independent support oh but that's NetBSD not FreeBSD. Does FreeBSD have this feature? --- Nick Jones wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-sparc64 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-sparc64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com