From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 21 13:51:15 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D95341065677 for ; Sun, 21 Sep 2008 13:51:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from QMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEA278FC15 for ; Sun, 21 Sep 2008 13:51:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from OMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.35]) by QMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id HQ8A1a0040lTkoCA4RrFXH; Sun, 21 Sep 2008 13:51:15 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([67.180.253.227]) by OMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id HRrE1a0084v8bD78QRrEWG; Sun, 21 Sep 2008 13:51:15 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=QycZ5dHgAAAA:8 a=skJDNnjcuNYz2PMr5qoA:9 a=NL_4djSsY5wA9PUgQtoA:7 a=WXw1soPsTJzRqeXiqM7OpLSmpoAA:4 a=EoioJ0NPDVgA:10 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7EAF917B81A; Sun, 21 Sep 2008 06:51:14 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 06:51:14 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Brian Message-ID: <20080921135114.GA1108@icarus.home.lan> References: <48173C85.1000107@brianwhalen.net> <48D5DC03.40403@brianwhalen.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48D5DC03.40403@brianwhalen.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd 7 with sata drives X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 13:51:15 -0000 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 |