P.S. looks like there is some kung-fu going on in src/usr.sbin/installboot/sparc64_softraid.c with the install location of the ofwboot image that only occurs if you do installboot on the softraid itself.
On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 1:05 PM Gao-Mi Baohao <thrirhraf...@gmail.com> wrote: > The disk aliasing is a bit complicated, but short answer is yes- that's an > alias. I have a bit of config in place so that I can boot the same disks > as both an LDom and on bare metal. Results are generally the same either > way, as far as softraid is concerned. > > As far as the loader messages go, I suspect that the loader simply isn't > detecting the softraid. The final thing that occurs to me is installboot. > Have you run installboot on the softraid device itself? Here's an example > of the output from my working setup (you'll likely need to specify paths > explicitly if you are working off the install image): > >> glasloc-obsd# installboot -v sd2 >> Using / as root >> installing bootstrap on /dev/rsd2c >> using first-stage /usr/mdec/bootblk, second-stage /usr/mdec/ofwboot >> boot block is 5840 bytes (12 blocks @ 512 bytes = 6144 bytes) >> sd2: softraid volume with 2 disk(s) >> sd2: installing boot loader on softraid volume >> sd0a: installing boot blocks on /dev/rsd0c >> writing boot block to disk /dev/rsd0c >> sd1a: installing boot blocks on /dev/rsd1c >> writing boot block to disk /dev/rsd1c >> > > I thinks that's about the end of what I've got suggestion-wise. > > > On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 12:46 PM Chris Ross <cross+open...@distal.com> > wrote: > >> On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 12:12:46PM -0400, Gao-Mi Baohao wrote: >> > > Let me know if you can confirm that interpretation of "sr0a" >> > >> > Yes, "sr" == "softraid," but when I pulled the working config from my >> > systems, I discovered that there's an unintuitive syntax that I had >> > forgotten about, which is probeblty your missing piece. >> > >> > It looks like I actually set boot-device = "disk0" and boot-file = >> > "sr0" (notice the omitted file and slice into), and the loader >> > auto-selected "sr0:a/bsd" (no that's not a typo... "sr" + [softraid >> > number] + ":" + [root slice on softraid dev] + "/bsd"). >> > >> > Give that a shot. That's jogging my memory about having to dig >> > through source for the sparc64 loader to discover that very unintutive >> > syntax. >> >> Okay. Thanks. Well, I tried using "sr0", but am still getting the same >> error. Below. Note, I checked my "bioctl softraid0" which looks like >> yours, >> and the disklabel of my sd4 (the softraid disk) looks about like yours >> too. >> a 1g 4.2BSD filesystem at offset 0. >> >> Something is still wrong on my end. So, before the difference in the >> output >> of OBP boot command, I notice you said "disk0" above, but your eeprom >> output >> below shows "vdisk0". Do you have a vdisk0 devalias on your system? >> >> After that, there's just the different response I see compared you yours. >> I get: >> >> Boot device: /pci@0/pci@0/pci@2/scsi@0/disk@2 File and args: sr0 >> OpenBSD IEEE 1275 Bootblock 1.4 >> >> OpenBSD BOOT 1.12 >> ERROR: /iscsi-hba: No iscsi-network-bootpath property >> Unknown device: sr0 >> Cannot boot from softraid: Unknown error: code 19 >> >> And, you see: >> >> sr0* >> Booting sr0:a/bsd >> >> where I see: >> >> Unknown device: sr0 >> Cannot boot from softraid: Unknown error: code 19 >> >> Any idea why the bootloader says "sr0*" for you, and "Unknown device" for >> me? >> >> Thanks... >> >> - Chris >> >> > Here's my working config. >> > > >> > > ===OPENBOOT VARIABLES=== >> > > glasloc-obsd# eeprom boot-device >> > > boot-device=vdisk0 >> > > glasloc-obsd# eeprom boot-file >> > > boot-file=sr0 >> > > >> > > ===BOOT MESSAGES=== >> > > T5140, No Keyboard >> > > Copyright (c) 1998, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights >> reserved. >> > > OpenBoot 4.33.6, <<OMITTED>> MB memory available, Serial #<<OMITTED>>. >> > > Ethernet address <<OMITTED>>, Host ID: <<OMITTED>>. >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Boot device: disk0 File and args: sr0 >> > > OpenBSD IEEE 1275 Bootblock 1.4 >> > > >> OpenBSD BOOT 1.12 >> > > ERROR: /iscsi-hba: No iscsi-network-bootpath property >> > > sr0* >> > > Booting sr0:a/bsd >> > > <<OMITTED>> >> > > <<OMITTED>> >> > > [ using 1036112 bytes of bsd ELF symbol table ] >> > > console is /virtual-devices@100/console@1 >> > > Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 >> > > The Regents of the University of California. All rights >> reserved. >> > > Copyright (c) 1995-2019 OpenBSD. All rights reserved. >> https://www.OpenBSD.org >> > > >> > > OpenBSD 6.5 (GENERIC.MP) #0: Tue Jun 18 18:13:03 EDT 2019 >> >
