Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 22:09:15 +0100 From: Greg Byshenk <freebsd@byshenk.net> To: Michael BlackHeart <amdmiek@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: root mount error Message-ID: <20101228210915.GE9465@core.byshenk.net> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=vUBTvq9WGLbt2k1=A76aW3%2B3aMRBFreE5LAs1@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTimVFxVoQ9cFXL2e-=hTKYvBmFKS6DXmxagKq7Mc@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTi=vUBTvq9WGLbt2k1=A76aW3%2B3aMRBFreE5LAs1@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 11:08:44PM +0300, Michael BlackHeart wrote: > I'm no looking for help neither instructions how to build kernel. I'm > just installing 8.1 RELEASE and svn it up to last week 8-stable. And > going step-by-step of handbook installing kernel I'm having a trouble > - it seems than new kenel doesn't recognize my HDD. I'm not doing > something special, in that case I'm for shure mentioned it. I'm just > building GENERIC kernel without any configuration of system after > installation, to tweaks, no tunes, nothing. It's a new GENERIC kernel > and it can't find my HDD but 8.1 i386/amd64 releases works well and as > I remember something about month ago stable too. > >Now, a likely cause of your problem is the installation of a custom > >kernel with removed support for whatever your hard disk drive or raid > >controller is recognized as. > When it works it's just and ad0 hdd, no raid or special driver > I'm jsut trying to say than recent changes in kernel or kernel-modules > broke up my HDD support and I'd like to notice developres to check > where the problem is. > And of couse I've tried to switch SATA native mode and it doesn't > change anything. > Loader on it's own stage easily detects HDD and root partition so I > can just select old kernel and boot up, but I'm not shure how he gain > access to HDD to mfke any conclusion, probably through BIOS interrupts > but it's out of piont. > And for my pity I don't know how to dump demsg without having any > serial connection or usable disk drive, maybe to flash drive, but I > don't know how. And anyway there's no real kernel painc, it just asks > for root mountpoint. > > And for shure I've got an 2.5" Hitachi HTS542516K9A300 160Gb SATA HDD > > If you need any aditional info I'll give it all, just ask. If you change to SATA native mode, then your HD may show up at a different device (mine moved to ad8). If you go to native mode and issue a '?' when it fails to find the kernel, does it show any HD devices? -- greg byshenk - gbyshenk@byshenk.net - Leiden, NL
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