Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 06:51:14 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: Brian <brian@brianwhalen.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd 7 with sata drives Message-ID: <20080921135114.GA1108@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <48D5DC03.40403@brianwhalen.net> References: <48173C85.1000107@brianwhalen.net> <alpine.BSF.1.10.0804291248450.9196@numail.brianwhalen.net> <48D5DC03.40403@brianwhalen.net>
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On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 10:30:43PM -0700, Brian wrote: > Brian wrote: >> The board in question is an Asus M3A78-EMH HDMI. I have tried the >> instructions for a safe kernel compile in /usr/src/updating also. >> Even after that, the kernel starts to load, but the root partition >> cant be found, and I am left at a mountroot> prompt. If I go >> ufs:ad5s1a, that fails as well. >> >> Brian >> > I have done much more testing on this. With a pata drive all is well. > I can install 7.0-release and run freebsd-update successfully including > the subsequent reboots. However, over the weekend I tried to go to > stable again, and still, the subsequent reboot leaves me at a mountroot > prompt. If I go ufs:ad8s1a at the prompt the root partition, of course > I dont want to have to do this each time. If I use the september > snapshot, the sata disk is visible. I just tried to run and iinstall a > 6.4 prerelease, and then did a make buildworld && make kernel > KERNCONF=SMP and that worked successfully. I see this behavior with a > 160 gig wd disk as well as a 74 gig raptor(This weekend's test hardware). Others are having this problem, though not prompted with a mountroot> prompt (others are experiencing a hard system lock-up after the "Mount root from ufs..." message. I doubt the problem is you. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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