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Date:      Wed, 24 Nov 2004 00:31:26 -0800
From:      "John Du" <jjohndu@comcast.net>
To:        "Marcel Moolenaar" <marcel@xcllnt.net>
Cc:        freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 5.3 for SPARC64 does not find SCSI disks on Unltra 1E
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marcel Moolenaar" <marcel@xcllnt.net>
To: "John Du" <jjohndu@comcast.net>
Cc: <freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org>
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 5:50 PM
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3 for SPARC64 does not find SCSI disks on Unltra 1E


> On Nov 19, 2004, at 3:57 PM, John Du wrote:
>
>>> On Nov 18, 2004, at 5:37 PM, John Du wrote:
>>>
>>>> I downloaded and burned the ISO images on CDs.  The first CD boots OK. 
>>>> When trying to partition the disks, the installer displays a message 
>>>> saying no disks found.
>>>>
>>>> The FreeBSD SPARC64 hardware list has the Ultra 1E as supported.  What 
>>>> do I have to do to install FreeBSD 5.3 on the SCSI disks on the Ultra 
>>>> 1E?
>>>
>>> Did the kernel find the disks? If the kernel did find the disks, then
>>> it might be that you need to clean the disks (clobber the first couple
>>> of sectors on the disk).
>>
>>
>> Thanks Marcel.  No, the kernel does not see the disk. I dropped to the 
>> command line and typed "lsdev".  The command lists nothing under block 
>> devices.
>
> lsdev is a loader command. It may not tell you what you need to know. In
> particular it won't tell you if the kernel will detect the SCSI disks.
> It's probably a good idea to use a serial console, boot the kernel with
> -v and send us the boot log.

The following is a boot log.  As I mentioned before, NetBSD is running on 
this machine fine so the SCSI disk itself is not a problem.  Is the fact 
that NetBSD is on the SCSI disk the problem?

***************************************************************************************************************************
ok boot cdrom
Resetting ...

screen not found.
Can't open input device.
Keyboard not present.  Using ttya for input and output.

Sun Ultra 1 SBus (UltraSPARC 167MHz), No Keyboard
OpenBoot 3.11, 128 MB memory installed, Serial #8973657.
Ethernet address 8:0:20:88:ed:59, Host ID: 8088ed59.

Initializing Memory
Rebooting with command: boot cdrom
Boot device: /sbus/espdma@e,8400000/esp@e,8800000/sd@6,0:f  File and args:

>> FreeBSD/sparc64 boot block
   Boot path:   /sbus@1f,0/espdma@e,8400000/esp@e,8800000/sd@6,0:f
   Boot loader: /boot/loader
Console: Open Firmware console
Boot path set to /sbus@1f,0/espdma@e,8400000/esp@e,8800000/sd@6,0:a

FreeBSD/sparc64 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.0
(root@bobbi.cse.buffalo.edu, Fri Nov  5 02:16:10 UTC 2004)
bootpath="/sbus@1f,0/espdma@e,8400000/esp@e,8800000/sd@6,0:a"
Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf
Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt.
Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel] in 9 seconds... Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel] 
in 8 seconds...

Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help.
OK boot -v
nothing to autoload yet.
jumping to kernel entry at 0xc0040000.
stray vector interrupt 2033
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 5.3-RELEASE #0: Fri Nov  5 19:30:40 UTC 2004
    root@bobbi.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
Preloaded elf kernel "/boot/kernel/kernel" at 0xc0896000.
Preloaded mfs_root "/boot/mfsroot" at 0xc08961a0.
Timecounter "tick" frequency 166980687 Hz quality 1000
real memory  = 134217728 (128 MB)
avail memory = 112500736 (107 MB)
machine: SUNW,Ultra-1
cpu0: Sun Microsystems UltraSparc-I Processor (166.98 MHz CPU)
  mask=0x40 maxtl=5 maxwin=7
mem: <memory>
null: <null device, zero device>
random: <entropy source, Software, Yarrow>
openfirm: <Open Firmware control device>
nexus0: <Open Firmware Nexus device>
sbus0: clock 25.000 MHz
sbus dvma: DVMA map: 0xfc000000 to 0xffffffff
initalizing intr_countp
sbus0: [FAST]
sbus0: [FAST]
initializing counter-timer
Timecounter "counter-timer" frequency 1000000 Hz quality 100
sbus0: <U2S UPA-SBus bridge> on nexus0
sbus0: <SUNW,CS4231>, type (unknown) (no driver attached)
sbus0: <auxio>, type (unknown) (no driver attached)
sbus0: <flashprom>, type (unknown) (no driver attached)
sbus0: <SUNW,fdtwo>, type block (no driver attached)
eeprom0: <EEPROM/clock> mem 0x1200000-0x1201fff on sbus0
eeprom0: model mk48t59
eeprom0: registered as a time-of-day clock (resolution 1000000us)
eeprom0: hostid 8088ed59
eeprom0: current time: 1.000000002
zs0: <Zilog Z8530> mem 0x1100000-0x1100003 irq 2024 on sbus0
zs0: [FAST]
zstty0: <ttya> on zs0
zstty0: console 9600,8,n,1,-
zstty1: <ttyb> on zs0
sbus0: <zs>, type serial (no driver attached)
sbus0: <sc>, type (unknown) (no driver attached)
sbus0: <SUNW,pll>, type (unknown) (no driver attached)
sbus0: <espdma>, type (unknown) (no driver attached)
sbus0: <ledma>, type (unknown) (no driver attached)
sbus0: <SUNW,bpp>, type (unknown) (no driver attached)
hme0: <Sun HME 10/100 Ethernet> mem 
0x8c07000-0x8c0701f,0x8c06000-0x8c07fff,0x8c04000-0x8c05fff,0x8c02000-0x8c03fff,0x8c00000-0x8c00107 
irq 1996 on sbus0
miibus0: <MII bus> on hme0
nsphy0: <DP83840 10/100 media interface> on miibus0
nsphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
hme0: bpf attached
hme0: Ethernet address: 08:00:20:88:ed:59
hme0: if_start running deferred for Giant
hme0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
procfs registered
Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
lo0: bpf attached
md0: Preloaded image </boot/mfsroot> 4194304 bytes at 0xc04923e8
GEOM: Configure md0c, start 0 length 4128768 end 4128767
Mounting root from ufs:/dev/md0
Invalid time in real time clock.
Check and reset the date immediately!
start_init: trying /sbin/init
start_init: trying /sbin/oinit
start_init: trying /sbin/init.bak
start_init: trying /stand/sysinstall
/stand/sysinstall running as init on serial console

These are the predefined terminal types available to
sysinstall when running stand-alone.  Please choose the
closest match for your particular terminal.

1 ...................... Standard ANSI terminal.
2 ...................... VT100 or compatible terminal.
3 ...................... FreeBSD system console (color).
4 ...................... FreeBSD system console (monochrome).

5 ...................... xterm terminal emulator.

Your choice: (1-5) 2


When I go to the partition menu, it says "No disks found!"


Thanks for your help!

John

>
> HTH,
>
> -- 
>  Marcel Moolenaar         USPA: A-39004          marcel@xcllnt.net
>
> 




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