Hello, everyone. I have recently installed OpenBSD 7.6 on a Netra-X1 with 1GB of RAM and two 40GB hard drives. I successfully navigated the OS's netboot installation method, which works great in a single hard drive configuration.
Since this has two identical hard drives, I wanted to have a mirrored and encrypted root drive. I followed the instructions here https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq14.html#softraidDI and there were no problems. The only thing I did differently was I installed an encrypted disk using the following command line: bioctl -c 1C -l wd0a,wd1a softraid0 I completed the installation and things were uneventful. The problem is that I cannot get the system to boot without manually specifying the boot disk. If I type "boot sr0a:/bsd" from the open boot prompt, the system will boot fine and ask me for the root password. I enter it, and the system boots happily. The output up to the password prompt looks like the following: --- Executing last command: boot sr0a:/bsd Boot device: /pci@1f,0/ide@d/disk@0,0 File and args: sr0a:/bsd OpenBSD IEEE 1275 Bootblock 2.1 >> OpenBSD BOOT 1.25 sr0* Passphrase: --- If I exit back to the open boot prompt and enter "setenv boot-device disk" and "setenv boot-file sr0a:/bsd" and then do a "reset-all", the system stops at the OpenBSD Boot with the following output. --- Boot device: rootdisk File and args: OpenBSD IEEE 1275 Bootblock 2.1 >> OpenBSD BOOT 1.25 sr0* Trying bsd... open /pci@1f,0/ide@d/disk@0,0:a/bsd: Invalid argument Boot: --- I've been working on this for a few weeks and am stumped. The OpenBSD Boot doesn't receive the parameters from the open boot environment. THANK YOU AHEAD OF TIME FOR ANY HELP, AND TO THE MAINTAINERS FOR KEEPING THIS OS ALIVE ON THIS PLATFORM. <3 I will include my disklabel and printenv below. --- netra-x1# disklabel sd0 # /dev/rsd0c: type: SCSI disk: SCSI disk label: SR RAID 1C duid: d6d3cc4195a765a4 flags: vendor bytes/sector: 512 sectors/track: 63 tracks/cylinder: 255 sectors/cylinder: 16065 cylinders: 4568 total sectors: 73400016 boundstart: 0 boundend: 73400016 16 partitions: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] a: 2104515 0 4.2BSD 2048 16384 12960 # / b: 2634660 2104515 swap # none c: 73400016 0 unused d: 4321485 4739175 4.2BSD 2048 16384 12960 # /tmp e: 6795495 9060660 4.2BSD 2048 16384 12960 # /var f: 8177085 15856155 4.2BSD 2048 16384 12960 # /usr g: 2104515 24033240 4.2BSD 2048 16384 12960 # /usr/X11R6 h: 9735390 26137755 4.2BSD 2048 16384 12960 # /usr/local i: 4096575 35873145 4.2BSD 2048 16384 12960 # /usr/src j: 12530700 39969720 4.2BSD 2048 16384 12960 # /usr/obj k: 20884500 52500420 4.2BSD 2048 16384 12960 # /home --- netra-x1# disklabel wd0 # /dev/rwd0c: type: ESDI disk: ESDI/IDE disk label: ST340016A duid: f14bdfbddeca5470 flags: vendor bytes/sector: 512 sectors/track: 63 tracks/cylinder: 16 sectors/cylinder: 1008 cylinders: 77545 total sectors: 78165360 boundstart: 0 boundend: 78165360 16 partitions: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] a: 73400544 0 RAID b: 4632768 73532592 swap c: 78165360 0 unused i: 132048 73400544 4.2BSD 2048 16384 1021 --- ok printenv Variable Name Value Default Value ras-shutdown-enabled? false false shutdown-temp 75 75 warning-temp 70 70 env-monitor disabled disabled diag-passes 1 1 diag-continue? 0 0 diag-targets 0 0 diag-verbosity 0 0 keyboard-click? false false keymap scsi-initiator-id 7 7 #power-cycles 38 No default system-board-serial# No default system-board-date No default ttyb-rts-dtr-off false false ttyb-ignore-cd true true ttya-rts-dtr-off false false ttya-ignore-cd true true ttyb-mode 9600,8,n,1,- 9600,8,n,1,- ttya-mode 9600,8,n,1,- 9600,8,n,1,- pci-probe-list 7,3,c,5,a,d 7,3,c,5,a,d mfg-mode off off diag-level max max fcode-debug? false false output-device ttya ttya input-device ttya ttya load-base 16384 16384 auto-boot-retry? false false boot-command boot boot auto-boot? true true watchdog-reboot? true false diag-file diag-device rootdisk rootmirror net boot-file sr0a:/bsd boot-device /pci@1f,0/ide@d/disk@0,0 disk net local-mac-address? true false net-timeout 0 0 ansi-terminal? true true screen-#columns 80 80 screen-#rows 34 34 silent-mode? false false use-nvramrc? true false nvramrc devalias rootdisk /pci@1 ... security-mode none No default security-password No default security-#badlogins 0 No default oem-logo No default oem-logo? false false oem-banner No default oem-banner? false false hardware-revision No default last-hardware-update No default diag-switch? true false
