From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Feb 24 16:27:57 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE8AD37B401; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 16:27:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from mgw1-out.MEIway.com (mgw1.meiway.com [212.73.210.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB4F243FBD; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 16:27:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from LConrad@Go2France.com) Received: from VirusGate.MEIway.com (virus-gate.meiway.com [212.73.210.91]) by mgw1-out.MEIway.com (Postfix Relay Hub) with ESMTP id C4932EF6AA; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 01:15:47 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost.meiway.com [127.0.0.1]) by VirusGate.MEIway.com (Postfix) with SMTP id A574E5D009; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 01:30:55 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail.Go2France.com (ms1.meiway.com [212.73.210.73]) by VirusGate.MEIway.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 227E35D008; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 01:30:55 +0100 (CET) Received: from tx0-go2france-c.Go2France.com [66.64.14.18] by mail.Go2France.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-6.06) id AC9BC5F00EC; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 01:45:15 +0100 Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.0.20030224181445.04d77270@mail.go2france.com> X-Sender: LConrad@Go2France.com@mail.go2france.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 18:27:45 -0600 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org From: Len Conrad Subject: booting from Promise tx2000: FIXED In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.0.20030224022306.02105760@mail.go2france.com> References: <5.2.0.9.0.20030223184703.03e52cc0@mail.go2france.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Since we only had one ATA133 on each TX2000 ATA channel, we skipped the TX2000 setup utility to define an "array" (we didn't want to run RAID or want any stinking arrays at all). We were able to boot from mobo ATA CDROM and install fbsd through the TX2000. ( btw, we always install fbsd boot mgr, since without the boot mgr, we more often than not, cannot get any boot at all ) But, no boot from TX2000 fbsd disk. Nothing, no errors, from TX200, nothing from fbsd bootblock. When we did define an array as "span", but only had one disk per ATA channel in the "span", we were finally able to get a boot but with a failure : Mounting Root from ufs:/dev/ad4s1a Root Mount Failed: 16 We figured the fbsd install pre-array/span wasn't accessible after we did defined array/span. So with the array mode + span now on, we re-installed fbsd via the TX2000 to the same disk. And now, we can boot just fine. .... while waiting for Soeren Schmidt to get the Promise SX4000 driver done! :)) Len To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message