Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 15:44:55 +0100 From: Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely12.cicely.de> To: Steve Rikli <sr@genyosha.net> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DS10 6.0 new install hangs mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0a Message-ID: <20060313144454.GF641@cicely12.cicely.de> In-Reply-To: <20060313143622.GA97709@dragon.genyosha.net> References: <20060313040335.GA90811@dragon.genyosha.net> <20060313073840.GA17327@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20060313143622.GA97709@dragon.genyosha.net>
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On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 06:36:22AM -0800, Steve Rikli wrote: > On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 08:38:40AM +0100, Wilko Bulte wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 08:03:35PM -0800, Steve Rikli wrote.. > > > Just finished an apparently uneventful install of 6.0 from CD > > > onto a DS10. > > > > > > The system hw is all healthy AFAI can tell -- it was previously > > > running OFS1 okay. > > > > > > The 6.0 install finshed and I rebooted -- last thing it ever > > > says on serial console is: > > > > > > ... > > > Waiting 5 seconds for SCSI devices to settle > > > Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0a > > > > > > and then nothing. No more <cr> or ^c or the like do anything. > > > > > > I've included as much of the serial console output as I could > > > capture. Suggestions/help/etc. very welcome. > > > > ATA support appears to be hosed on Alpha, and from looking at it this > > has been a problem for a long time. I run my DS10s with SCSI and > > did not notice any problems on those. It is also not only ATA on DS10 > > that has problems, my 164SX also suffers from it. > > Which SCSI controller & drive do you use? > > I suspected ATA was simply out in the weeds, so I installed an isp > and then later an ahc -- using a Hitachi 36GB (DK32DJ-36MW) caused > a panic during the device probing while booting the 6.0 install CD. I personally prefer sym(4) based controllers, but isp(4) ones are usually fine as well. Never had success with ahc(4) based on any alpha - although some persons claim to run them. > An 18GB Hitachi passed the probing, but the sysinstall never found > the drive to open for partitioning, even though the probing showed > it as da0. Sysinstall is picky about old contents. Clearing the first few sectors will help. -- B.Walter http://www.bwct.de http://www.fizon.de bernd@bwct.de info@bwct.de support@fizon.de
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