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Date:      Thu, 10 Dec 1998 21:19:58 +0100 (CET)
From:      Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
To:        ken@plutotech.com (Kenneth D. Merry)
Cc:        ufkartfm@pacific.net, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: installing boot?
Message-ID:  <199812102019.VAA01514@yedi.iaf.nl>
In-Reply-To: <199812092257.PAA05863@panzer.plutotech.com> from "Kenneth D. Merry" at "Dec 9, 98 03:57:16 pm"

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As Kenneth D. Merry wrote...
> Wilko Bulte wrote...
> [ ... ]
> 
> > Waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle
> > de0: autosense failed: cable problem?
> > da0 at ncr0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
> > da0: <DEC RZ28     (C) DEC T436> Fixed Direct Access SCSI2 device 
> > da0: 10.0MB/s transfers (10.0MHz, offset 8), Tagged Queueing Enabled
> > da0: 2007MB (4110480 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 255C)
> > rootcd0 at ncr0 bus 0 target 4 lun 0
> > cd0: <DEC RRD45   (C) DEC 1645> Removable CD-ROM SCSI2 device 
> > cd0: 4.237MB/s transfers (4.237MHz, offset 8)
> > cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, 
> > fs is 2880 (da1:ncr0:0:1:0): . CDB: 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
> > (da1:ncr0:0:1:0): NOT READY asc:4,2
> > (da1:ncr0:0:1:0):  field replaceable unit: 1
> > (da1:ncr0:0:1:0): fatal error, failed to attach to device
> > (da1:ncr0:0:1:0): lost device
> > (da1:ncr0:0:1:0): removing device entry
> > Kbyte compiled in MFS
> > WARNING: clock gained 6 days -- CHECK AND RESET THE DATE!
> > /stand/sysinstall running as init on serial console
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
> > So: kernel probes see the disk allright, but sysinstall doesnot. Long shot:
> > might this be because the CAMified FreeBSD/axp uses /dev/da disk names,
> > whereas sysinstall still expects /dev/sd ?? Mind you, I have not checked 
> > the sysinstall code yet. Maybe sysinstall is not even supposed to do
> > anything useful on axp yet.
> 
> One note -- da1 on your system won't spin up.  But, it looks like da0 is
> working fine.  I dunno why sysinstall didn't see it.

Well, it does when I boot from HD:

struct nfsuid bloated (> 128bytes)
Try unionizing the nu_nickname and nu_flag fields
Timecounter "alpha"  frequency 200000000 Hz  cost 222 ns
Waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle
de0: autosense failed: cable problem?
da0 at ncr0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
da0: <DEC RZ28     (C) DEC T436> Fixed Direct Access SCSI2 device 
da0: 10.0MB/s transfers (10.0MHz, offset 8), Tagged Queueing Enabled
da0: 2007MB (4110480 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 255C)
da1 at ncr0 bus 0 target 1 lun 0
da1: <DEC RZ28B    (C) DEC 0006> Fixed Direct Access SCSI2 device 
da1: 10.0MB/s transfers (10.0MHz, offset 8), Tagged Queueing Enabled
da1: 2007MB (4110480 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 255C)
cd0 at ncr0 bus 0 target 4 lun 0
cd0: <DEC RRD45   (C) DEC 1645> Removable CD-ROM SCSI2 device 
cd0: 4.237MB/s transfers (4.237MHz, offset 8)
cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present
da1: raw partition size != slice size
da1: start 0, end 4110479, size 4110480
da1c: start 0, end 4092479, size 4092480
swapon: adding /dev/da1b as swap device
Automatic reboot in progress...

I will have to kick the DEC specific mode page to disable the "wait for
spinup command" that the older RZxx drives traditionally are set to. Will do
that tonite just to eliminate this factor.

Wilko
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