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From: Mark Rowlands <mark.rowlands@minmail.net>
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Subject: Re: Mylex RAID to Asus Symbios SCSI Card
Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 09:31:18 +0200
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On Monday 06 May 2002 8:36 pm, lists@brenius.com wrote:
> I guess the mounting guru's missed this one.. :)
>
> Please help. :)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <lists@brenius.com>
> To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 11:33 PM
> Subject: Mylex RAID to Asus Symbios SCSI Card
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am new to this situation, so please bare with me. :D
> >
> > Scenario:
> >
> > FreeBSD 4.3R
> > Mylex SCSI/RAID controller w/ x2 Seagate ST318436LW's in RAID1
> >
> > Controller is removed and is no longer available. Replacement is an A=
sus
> > Symbios SCSI
> > card which appears to be run at SCSI-3 (40MB/s).
> >
> > Server was shutdown properly, original Mylex card was removed and Asu=
s
>
> card
>
> > was
> > inserted. So I knew the OS would yell at me for a totally different H=
D
> > controller and
> > will obviously not boot up fully, and is currently stuck at:
> >
> > Mounting root from ufs: /dev/mlxd0s1a
> > No such device 'mlxd'
> > Setrootbyname failed
> > ffs_mountroot: can't find rootup
> > Root mount failed: 6
> >
> > Mountroot>
> >
> > Now, the pause key is not working on the keyboard, but it appears as
>
> though
>
> > the SCSI
> > card is seeing the drives OK and seems to be named as sym0. But, of
> > course is stuck at
> > what I typed above.
> >
> > So besides what few keystrokes (which I am baffed on, cause I don`t k=
now
> > this part of
> > the OS) at this prompt, any other things I would need to do for the O=
S to
> > boot up properly
> > and run as if the Mylex card was back in, minus the RAID? :D

(1) put the mylex card back in!!!!!!!

I suppose you could try booting in single user mode and then mount / from=
 =20
some device like symd0s1a..... and editing /etc/fstab but really see (1)=20



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