In article <55a43d0b.6030...@hiwaay.net>, William A. Mahaffey III <w...@hiwaay.net> wrote: >-=-=-=-=-=- > >On 07/13/15 11:12, Christos Zoulas wrote: >> In article <55a3d796.60...@hiwaay.net>, >> William A. Mahaffey III <w...@hiwaay.net> wrote: >> >> [stuff deleted] >> >>> Anything on this, anyone ? I am (re-)reading the online raidctl & >>> installboot man pages, but I am out of ideas for now .... Any more info >>> needed, please ask, & *any* help appreciated, I am stuck :-( .... >> Did the raid autoconfigure at this point? If it did, then you could boot -a >> and enter raid0a for the root device. Then you can try to to make raid >> autoconfigure root... What does raidctl -s raid0 say? >> >> christos > > >Thanks for the reply. I tried the 'boot -a'. It got down to the following: > >boot device: wd0 >root device (default wd0a): > >When I tried to type in 'raid0a', it added 'pckbport_start: command >error' & hung. > >i.e. it now says: > >boot device: wd0 >root device (default wd0a): pckbport_start: command error > >with the cursor right below that line & not responding. > >The RAID devices all autoconfigured OK, AFAICT, all 3 were mentioned, >showed the component partitions, had the right sizes, etc. i.e. it >looked AOK to me. The lines from the RAID device recognition were right >before the above 'boot device' line. I then powered off, put the install >USB stick in & powered up. I bumped over into the shell & executed >'raidctl -s raid0 > LIST.raid0.new.txt', which I attach. If you need >*anything* else, please don't hesitate. Thanks again & TIA for any new >clues. > >P.S. As mentioned elsewhere, I have had trouble w/ raidctl -A root >before, so I haven't gone there yet. Is that actually required for boot >from root on RAID (man pages seem ambiguous on that point) ?
Yes, this is required for booting from raid. I am wondering why the keyboard is not functional for you. Try raidctl -A softroot <device> christos
