Re: Help with Booting
On 23 April 2011, at 12:45, Michael L. Squires wrote: > I haven't seen a verbose dmesg output booting from a non-RAID hard drive. > > I have 7.4-STABLE working on several multi-CPU Opteron systems, but they are > all Tyan motherboards. Are Rioworks/Arima still in business? I believe so. Their web page is there, but mostly in Chinese. > > Rather than use the on-board controllers I've just bought some of the LSI > 300-8X PCI-X RAID controllers which are cheap and work very well with SATA 2 > drives (and FreeBSD). The Adaptec 2610 series are even cheaper, but they > are only SATA 1. These boxes have no additional room for expansion cards. They have 4 apparently hot-swappable drives in the front.___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Help with Booting
Hi, On Sunday 24 April 2011 00:37:52 Doug Hardie wrote: > > On 23 April 2011, at 03:04, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > > On Saturday 23 April 2011 16:30:39 Doug Hardie wrote: > >> > >> On 23 April 2011, at 02:20, Erich Dollansky wrote: > >>> > >>> I only can tell what I do when a machine does not boot from the > >>> installation media: I plug the disk into another machine, install the > >>> generic kernel, edit /etc and put it back. > >>> > >>> If this does not work, it will be hard. > >> > >> That works, but then I end up without having RAID activated. I am trying > >> to get the hardware RAID working. > >> > > but your system runs then. Isn't it possible then to build a custom kernel > > which supports the specific RAID hardware on this machine and install the > > new kernel there. > > > > Oh, could it be that the loader is not able to start from the RAID > > hardware? Is it possible that even a custom kernel will need an extra boot > > medium to start with? > > Thats what I was hoping to be able to do. However, I can't get it to boot > without the RAID either. I have tried numerous tests of formatting the > drives on the RAID, then moving them to another system and installing the > software. They still won't boot. The RAID appears to be using a very > unusual bootstrap. I get the message "OS not found" continuously on the > screen regardless of how I build the system. Somehow I am going to need to > be able to boot from CD or memstick to get this working. is the other system identical to your system? If you move disks from one RAID controller to another RAID controller, the success depends on many more factors than just the proper plugs. Isn't there a way to boot the machine without RAID? Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Help with Booting
I haven't seen a verbose dmesg output booting from a non-RAID hard drive. I have 7.4-STABLE working on several multi-CPU Opteron systems, but they are all Tyan motherboards. Are Rioworks/Arima still in business? Rather than use the on-board controllers I've just bought some of the LSI 300-8X PCI-X RAID controllers which are cheap and work very well with SATA 2 drives (and FreeBSD). The Adaptec 2610 series are even cheaper, but they are only SATA 1. Mike Squires Tyan S2885 Tyan S4881 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Help with Booting
On 23 April 2011, at 03:04, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > On Saturday 23 April 2011 16:30:39 Doug Hardie wrote: >> >> On 23 April 2011, at 02:20, Erich Dollansky wrote: >>> >>> I only can tell what I do when a machine does not boot from the >>> installation media: I plug the disk into another machine, install the >>> generic kernel, edit /etc and put it back. >>> >>> If this does not work, it will be hard. >> >> That works, but then I end up without having RAID activated. I am trying to >> get the hardware RAID working. >> > but your system runs then. Isn't it possible then to build a custom kernel > which supports the specific RAID hardware on this machine and install the new > kernel there. > > Oh, could it be that the loader is not able to start from the RAID hardware? > Is it possible that even a custom kernel will need an extra boot medium to > start with? Thats what I was hoping to be able to do. However, I can't get it to boot without the RAID either. I have tried numerous tests of formatting the drives on the RAID, then moving them to another system and installing the software. They still won't boot. The RAID appears to be using a very unusual bootstrap. I get the message "OS not found" continuously on the screen regardless of how I build the system. Somehow I am going to need to be able to boot from CD or memstick to get this working. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Help with Booting
Hi, On Saturday 23 April 2011 16:30:39 Doug Hardie wrote: > > On 23 April 2011, at 02:20, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > > > I only can tell what I do when a machine does not boot from the > > installation media: I plug the disk into another machine, install the > > generic kernel, edit /etc and put it back. > > > > If this does not work, it will be hard. > > That works, but then I end up without having RAID activated. I am trying to > get the hardware RAID working. > but your system runs then. Isn't it possible then to build a custom kernel which supports the specific RAID hardware on this machine and install the new kernel there. Oh, could it be that the loader is not able to start from the RAID hardware? Is it possible that even a custom kernel will need an extra boot medium to start with? Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Help with Booting
On 23 April 2011, at 02:20, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > I only can tell what I do when a machine does not boot from the installation > media: I plug the disk into another machine, install the generic kernel, edit > /etc and put it back. > > If this does not work, it will be hard. That works, but then I end up without having RAID activated. I am trying to get the hardware RAID working. > > Erich > > On Saturday 23 April 2011 14:25:13 Doug Hardie wrote: >> >> On 22 April 2011, at 23:46, Erich Dollansky wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> On Saturday 23 April 2011 12:57:32 Doug Hardie wrote: On 22 April 2011, at 21:28, Erich Dollansky wrote: > It looks to me that not even the loader loads. Is this true? > I am not sure. The last message is the timestamp from the original distribution build. Then is a line with just the '/' character that should spin a bit. It doesn't. By playing around a bit I got it a bit farther. I took one of the raid disks and mounted it in a different system. I did an install on it but without changing the label other than to use all the disk. Then I put it back in the production system and booted. It appears to retain the RAID characteristics, but all I get is a '-' at the top left of the screen. I then plugged in the memstick image and booted from that. Right after the last DOS window I pressed F10 which took me to a FreeBSD boot line with the default pointing to ad0. I used 0:ad(4,a)/boot/loader and it went on to the same point as before, but then a bit farther. I now see: >>> this is all to weird for me. Could you install a disk not using the raid >>> hardware? >>> >>> It would then exclude the motherboard as the cause. >>> >>> Erich >> >> No. That didn't work either. I had been using the machine on amd64 but I >> had to install with the drive on another system. I couldn't get it to boot >> of CD or memstick. However, the memstick I used then was dead today so I >> bought a new one hoping that was the problem. Unfortunately this stick is >> good, but it still won't boot off it. >> >> >>> >>> Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x8ffac1 | The '|' normally spins a couple of times and moves on to the next section. However, its hung there now. > > On Saturday 23 April 2011 05:38:41 Doug Hardie wrote: >> I have an AMD based system that is driving me nuts. I am trying to >> install 8.2 on it but can't get past the first boot. I had a system up >> and running on it before, but I had to remove a drive and do the install >> on another computer. That worked, but now I need to use the built in >> RAID hardware. As best as I can tell I am going to have to install on >> the the actual hardware. Motherboard is an Arima NM46X. The machine >> appears to be about 6 years old. >> >> I have tried to boot the install disk, the live filesystem disk, and the >> memstick image for FreeBSD 7.0 through 8.2. All of them do exactly the >> same thing: >> >> Bootstart starts. >> >> BTX loader lists the drives and memory >> >> FreeBSD bootstrap loader version 1.1 starts. I get the build date and >> then a new line with just a '/' on it. It never begins to spin. No >> additional I/O occurs with the boot device. >> >> The memstick and CDs are good. They boot just fine on another computer, >> just not this one. I have had to work around CD issues in the past, but >> I thought the memstick would work if the BIOS would recognize it and >> boot from it. It recognizes it and tries to boot. I need some ideas >> here as the RAID is essential for this application. Thanks, >> >> >> ___ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" >> >> > >>> >> >> >> > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Help with Booting
Hi, I only can tell what I do when a machine does not boot from the installation media: I plug the disk into another machine, install the generic kernel, edit /etc and put it back. If this does not work, it will be hard. Erich On Saturday 23 April 2011 14:25:13 Doug Hardie wrote: > > On 22 April 2011, at 23:46, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > On Saturday 23 April 2011 12:57:32 Doug Hardie wrote: > >> > >> On 22 April 2011, at 21:28, Erich Dollansky wrote: > >> > >>> It looks to me that not even the loader loads. Is this true? > >>> > >> I am not sure. The last message is the timestamp from the original > >> distribution build. Then is a line with just the '/' character that > >> should spin a bit. It doesn't. > >> > >> By playing around a bit I got it a bit farther. I took one of the raid > >> disks and mounted it in a different system. I did an install on it but > >> without changing the label other than to use all the disk. Then I put it > >> back in the production system and booted. It appears to retain the RAID > >> characteristics, but all I get is a '-' at the top left of the screen. I > >> then plugged in the memstick image and booted from that. Right after the > >> last DOS window I pressed F10 which took me to a FreeBSD boot line with > >> the default pointing to ad0. I used 0:ad(4,a)/boot/loader and it went on > >> to the same point as before, but then a bit farther. I now see: > >> > > this is all to weird for me. Could you install a disk not using the raid > > hardware? > > > > It would then exclude the motherboard as the cause. > > > > Erich > > No. That didn't work either. I had been using the machine on amd64 but I had > to install with the drive on another system. I couldn't get it to boot of CD > or memstick. However, the memstick I used then was dead today so I bought a > new one hoping that was the problem. Unfortunately this stick is good, but > it still won't boot off it. > > > > > > > >> Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf > >> /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x8ffac1 | > >> > >> The '|' normally spins a couple of times and moves on to the next section. > >> However, its hung there now. > >> > >> > >>> > >>> On Saturday 23 April 2011 05:38:41 Doug Hardie wrote: > I have an AMD based system that is driving me nuts. I am trying to > install 8.2 on it but can't get past the first boot. I had a system up > and running on it before, but I had to remove a drive and do the install > on another computer. That worked, but now I need to use the built in > RAID hardware. As best as I can tell I am going to have to install on > the the actual hardware. Motherboard is an Arima NM46X. The machine > appears to be about 6 years old. > > I have tried to boot the install disk, the live filesystem disk, and the > memstick image for FreeBSD 7.0 through 8.2. All of them do exactly the > same thing: > > Bootstart starts. > > BTX loader lists the drives and memory > > FreeBSD bootstrap loader version 1.1 starts. I get the build date and > then a new line with just a '/' on it. It never begins to spin. No > additional I/O occurs with the boot device. > > The memstick and CDs are good. They boot just fine on another computer, > just not this one. I have had to work around CD issues in the past, but > I thought the memstick would work if the BIOS would recognize it and > boot from it. It recognizes it and tries to boot. I need some ideas > here as the RAID is essential for this application. Thanks, > > > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > > > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Help with Booting
On 22 April 2011, at 23:46, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > On Saturday 23 April 2011 12:57:32 Doug Hardie wrote: >> >> On 22 April 2011, at 21:28, Erich Dollansky wrote: >> >>> It looks to me that not even the loader loads. Is this true? >>> >> I am not sure. The last message is the timestamp from the original >> distribution build. Then is a line with just the '/' character that should >> spin a bit. It doesn't. >> >> By playing around a bit I got it a bit farther. I took one of the raid >> disks and mounted it in a different system. I did an install on it but >> without changing the label other than to use all the disk. Then I put it >> back in the production system and booted. It appears to retain the RAID >> characteristics, but all I get is a '-' at the top left of the screen. I >> then plugged in the memstick image and booted from that. Right after the >> last DOS window I pressed F10 which took me to a FreeBSD boot line with the >> default pointing to ad0. I used 0:ad(4,a)/boot/loader and it went on to the >> same point as before, but then a bit farther. I now see: >> > this is all to weird for me. Could you install a disk not using the raid > hardware? > > It would then exclude the motherboard as the cause. > > Erich No. That didn't work either. I had been using the machine on amd64 but I had to install with the drive on another system. I couldn't get it to boot of CD or memstick. However, the memstick I used then was dead today so I bought a new one hoping that was the problem. Unfortunately this stick is good, but it still won't boot off it. > > >> Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf >> /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x8ffac1 | >> >> The '|' normally spins a couple of times and moves on to the next section. >> However, its hung there now. >> >> >>> >>> On Saturday 23 April 2011 05:38:41 Doug Hardie wrote: I have an AMD based system that is driving me nuts. I am trying to install 8.2 on it but can't get past the first boot. I had a system up and running on it before, but I had to remove a drive and do the install on another computer. That worked, but now I need to use the built in RAID hardware. As best as I can tell I am going to have to install on the the actual hardware. Motherboard is an Arima NM46X. The machine appears to be about 6 years old. I have tried to boot the install disk, the live filesystem disk, and the memstick image for FreeBSD 7.0 through 8.2. All of them do exactly the same thing: Bootstart starts. BTX loader lists the drives and memory FreeBSD bootstrap loader version 1.1 starts. I get the build date and then a new line with just a '/' on it. It never begins to spin. No additional I/O occurs with the boot device. The memstick and CDs are good. They boot just fine on another computer, just not this one. I have had to work around CD issues in the past, but I thought the memstick would work if the BIOS would recognize it and boot from it. It recognizes it and tries to boot. I need some ideas here as the RAID is essential for this application. Thanks, ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" >>> >> >> >> > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Help with Booting
Hi, On Saturday 23 April 2011 12:57:32 Doug Hardie wrote: > > On 22 April 2011, at 21:28, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > > It looks to me that not even the loader loads. Is this true? > > > I am not sure. The last message is the timestamp from the original > distribution build. Then is a line with just the '/' character that should > spin a bit. It doesn't. > > By playing around a bit I got it a bit farther. I took one of the raid disks > and mounted it in a different system. I did an install on it but without > changing the label other than to use all the disk. Then I put it back in the > production system and booted. It appears to retain the RAID characteristics, > but all I get is a '-' at the top left of the screen. I then plugged in the > memstick image and booted from that. Right after the last DOS window I > pressed F10 which took me to a FreeBSD boot line with the default pointing > to ad0. I used 0:ad(4,a)/boot/loader and it went on to the same point as > before, but then a bit farther. I now see: > this is all to weird for me. Could you install a disk not using the raid hardware? It would then exclude the motherboard as the cause. Erich > Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf > /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x8ffac1 | > > The '|' normally spins a couple of times and moves on to the next section. > However, its hung there now. > > > > > > On Saturday 23 April 2011 05:38:41 Doug Hardie wrote: > >> I have an AMD based system that is driving me nuts. I am trying to > >> install 8.2 on it but can't get past the first boot. I had a system up > >> and running on it before, but I had to remove a drive and do the install > >> on another computer. That worked, but now I need to use the built in RAID > >> hardware. As best as I can tell I am going to have to install on the the > >> actual hardware. Motherboard is an Arima NM46X. The machine appears to > >> be about 6 years old. > >> > >> I have tried to boot the install disk, the live filesystem disk, and the > >> memstick image for FreeBSD 7.0 through 8.2. All of them do exactly the > >> same thing: > >> > >> Bootstart starts. > >> > >> BTX loader lists the drives and memory > >> > >> FreeBSD bootstrap loader version 1.1 starts. I get the build date and > >> then a new line with just a '/' on it. It never begins to spin. No > >> additional I/O occurs with the boot device. > >> > >> The memstick and CDs are good. They boot just fine on another computer, > >> just not this one. I have had to work around CD issues in the past, but I > >> thought the memstick would work if the BIOS would recognize it and boot > >> from it. It recognizes it and tries to boot. I need some ideas here as > >> the RAID is essential for this application. Thanks, > >> > >> > >> ___ > >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > >> > >> > > > > > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Help with Booting
On 22 April 2011, at 21:28, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > does the loader start? > > It looks to me that not even the loader loads. Is this true? > > Erich I am not sure. The last message is the timestamp from the original distribution build. Then is a line with just the '/' character that should spin a bit. It doesn't. By playing around a bit I got it a bit farther. I took one of the raid disks and mounted it in a different system. I did an install on it but without changing the label other than to use all the disk. Then I put it back in the production system and booted. It appears to retain the RAID characteristics, but all I get is a '-' at the top left of the screen. I then plugged in the memstick image and booted from that. Right after the last DOS window I pressed F10 which took me to a FreeBSD boot line with the default pointing to ad0. I used 0:ad(4,a)/boot/loader and it went on to the same point as before, but then a bit farther. I now see: Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x8ffac1 | The '|' normally spins a couple of times and moves on to the next section. However, its hung there now. > > On Saturday 23 April 2011 05:38:41 Doug Hardie wrote: >> I have an AMD based system that is driving me nuts. I am trying to install >> 8.2 on it but can't get past the first boot. I had a system up and running >> on it before, but I had to remove a drive and do the install on another >> computer. That worked, but now I need to use the built in RAID hardware. >> As best as I can tell I am going to have to install on the the actual >> hardware. Motherboard is an Arima NM46X. The machine appears to be about 6 >> years old. >> >> I have tried to boot the install disk, the live filesystem disk, and the >> memstick image for FreeBSD 7.0 through 8.2. All of them do exactly the same >> thing: >> >> Bootstart starts. >> >> BTX loader lists the drives and memory >> >> FreeBSD bootstrap loader version 1.1 starts. I get the build date and then >> a new line with just a '/' on it. It never begins to spin. No additional >> I/O occurs with the boot device. >> >> The memstick and CDs are good. They boot just fine on another computer, >> just not this one. I have had to work around CD issues in the past, but I >> thought the memstick would work if the BIOS would recognize it and boot from >> it. It recognizes it and tries to boot. I need some ideas here as the RAID >> is essential for this application. Thanks, >> >> >> ___ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" >> >> > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Help with Booting
Hi, does the loader start? It looks to me that not even the loader loads. Is this true? Erich On Saturday 23 April 2011 05:38:41 Doug Hardie wrote: > I have an AMD based system that is driving me nuts. I am trying to install > 8.2 on it but can't get past the first boot. I had a system up and running > on it before, but I had to remove a drive and do the install on another > computer. That worked, but now I need to use the built in RAID hardware. As > best as I can tell I am going to have to install on the the actual hardware. > Motherboard is an Arima NM46X. The machine appears to be about 6 years old. > > I have tried to boot the install disk, the live filesystem disk, and the > memstick image for FreeBSD 7.0 through 8.2. All of them do exactly the same > thing: > > Bootstart starts. > > BTX loader lists the drives and memory > > FreeBSD bootstrap loader version 1.1 starts. I get the build date and then a > new line with just a '/' on it. It never begins to spin. No additional I/O > occurs with the boot device. > > The memstick and CDs are good. They boot just fine on another computer, just > not this one. I have had to work around CD issues in the past, but I thought > the memstick would work if the BIOS would recognize it and boot from it. It > recognizes it and tries to boot. I need some ideas here as the RAID is > essential for this application. Thanks, > > > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Help with Booting
On 22 April 2011, at 16:37, Michael Ross wrote: > Am 23.04.2011, 00:38 Uhr, schrieb Doug Hardie : > >> I have an AMD based system that is driving me nuts. I am trying to install >> 8.2 on it but can't get past the first boot. I had a system up and running >> on it before, but I had to remove a drive and do the install on another >> computer. That worked, but now I need to use the built in RAID hardware. >> As best as I can tell I am going to have to install on the the actual >> hardware. Motherboard is an Arima NM46X. The machine appears to be about 6 >> years old. >> >> I have tried to boot the install disk, the live filesystem disk, and the >> memstick image for FreeBSD 7.0 through 8.2. All of them do exactly the same >> thing: >> >> Bootstart starts. >> >> BTX loader lists the drives and memory >> >> FreeBSD bootstrap loader version 1.1 starts. I get the build date and then >> a new line with just a '/' on it. It never begins to spin. No additional >> I/O occurs with the boot device. >> >> The memstick and CDs are good. They boot just fine on another computer, >> just not this one. I have had to work around CD issues in the past, but I >> thought the memstick would work if the BIOS would recognize it and boot from >> it. It recognizes it and tries to boot. I need some ideas here as the RAID >> is essential for this application. Thanks, >> > > Architecture mismatch, trying to boot a amd64 on an i386 machine? That machine runs amd64 just fine. I have to build the disk on another computer. This one will not boot any of the CDs from 6.0 and on. I have only tried the 8.2 memstick version. All of the CDs and memstick boot just fine on a different computer. I suspect its something with the BIOS but no ideas where to even start looking.___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Help with Booting
Am 23.04.2011, 00:38 Uhr, schrieb Doug Hardie : I have an AMD based system that is driving me nuts. I am trying to install 8.2 on it but can't get past the first boot. I had a system up and running on it before, but I had to remove a drive and do the install on another computer. That worked, but now I need to use the built in RAID hardware. As best as I can tell I am going to have to install on the the actual hardware. Motherboard is an Arima NM46X. The machine appears to be about 6 years old. I have tried to boot the install disk, the live filesystem disk, and the memstick image for FreeBSD 7.0 through 8.2. All of them do exactly the same thing: Bootstart starts. BTX loader lists the drives and memory FreeBSD bootstrap loader version 1.1 starts. I get the build date and then a new line with just a '/' on it. It never begins to spin. No additional I/O occurs with the boot device. The memstick and CDs are good. They boot just fine on another computer, just not this one. I have had to work around CD issues in the past, but I thought the memstick would work if the BIOS would recognize it and boot from it. It recognizes it and tries to boot. I need some ideas here as the RAID is essential for this application. Thanks, Architecture mismatch, trying to boot a amd64 on an i386 machine? Michael ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Help with Booting
I have an AMD based system that is driving me nuts. I am trying to install 8.2 on it but can't get past the first boot. I had a system up and running on it before, but I had to remove a drive and do the install on another computer. That worked, but now I need to use the built in RAID hardware. As best as I can tell I am going to have to install on the the actual hardware. Motherboard is an Arima NM46X. The machine appears to be about 6 years old. I have tried to boot the install disk, the live filesystem disk, and the memstick image for FreeBSD 7.0 through 8.2. All of them do exactly the same thing: Bootstart starts. BTX loader lists the drives and memory FreeBSD bootstrap loader version 1.1 starts. I get the build date and then a new line with just a '/' on it. It never begins to spin. No additional I/O occurs with the boot device. The memstick and CDs are good. They boot just fine on another computer, just not this one. I have had to work around CD issues in the past, but I thought the memstick would work if the BIOS would recognize it and boot from it. It recognizes it and tries to boot. I need some ideas here as the RAID is essential for this application. Thanks, ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
FreeBSD-4.11 - Need help with booting with an MD_ROOT
I have been trying, unsuccessfully, to boot a kernel with an embedded root filesystem. I've searched the mailing lists and the web without finding an answer. I hope someone here can help. Here's the procedure I have used: 1. My kernel is built with options: MFS, MD_ROOT and MD_ROOT_SIZE=32768. 2. A disk image is produced using: cd / dd if=/dev/zero bs=1024 count=32768 of=mdimg vnconfig -s labels -c vn0 mdimg disklabel -rw vn0 auto disklabel -e vn0 copy the c: to a: and change the FS type to 4.2BSD newfs -b 8192 -f 1024 -U /dev/vn0a mount /dev/vn0a /mnt tar cf - bin etc sbin | ( cd /mnt && tar xpf - ) umount /mnt vnconfig -u vn0 The filesystem contents aren't supposed to be useful at this point - I just want to get it to mount 3. I install the filesystem image into the kernel using: /usr/src/release/write_mfs_in_kernel kernel mdimg 4. In /boot/loader.conf I add: vfs.root.mountfrom="ufs:/dev/md0a" Now I reboot with the kernel, and I get: Mounting root from ufs:/dev/md0a Root mount failed: 22 Mounting root from ufs:/dev/md0c Root mount failed: 22 ... and then it prompts for a root filesystem. The EINVAL (error 22) is coming from kern/subr_diskslice.c:806: if (part != RAW_PART && (sp->ds_label == NULL || part >= sp->ds_label)) return (EINVAL);/* XXX needs translation */ Specifically, part = 0 (!= RAW_PART) and sp->ds_label = NULL. I hope it's a trivial step I am missing, but right now I am stuck. Sage advice is appreciated. Regards, David. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
