From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Dec 12 18:09:53 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1750EA101C for ; Tue, 12 Dec 2017 18:09:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-it0-x22e.google.com (mail-it0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c0b::22e]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 758CB68F4F for ; Tue, 12 Dec 2017 18:09:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: by mail-it0-x22e.google.com with SMTP id z6so504741iti.4 for ; Tue, 12 Dec 2017 10:09:53 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=sZIXys9jmxoTHOHAGwtszrUEyWGKxGN1ZxHH2oENTdI=; b=VbJ2KxWgBGI7XyX4FXqSp+RBaPFmZppBhBrmmea5czk2vuNx54CYmWTc8hvQ4tpY5W WErbHOwPCgNGR4dBVT0HU5QpFILGfFScARf6K4BRjr5eFGm2DxsilMPj8+zlAq6eT5NW vdG0uUCtU92fVM8mTHgcVfh4Imn+MtVM/JXN8h0LwuU5k1LLOKCw+zRX9q55CTXX6oZM wlXC+96sCGzCe9QMz0pFucUhS9OS6pwj3bbIgSWRrIhyWo9362ZQZJpszJf8ffX6bpLn S3pMTYixZ/lwmdv4oFUh9q4tDSz7gttZNl018um8bLte1s2mE2opQB2OTRgj71jsxRTI mr0w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=sZIXys9jmxoTHOHAGwtszrUEyWGKxGN1ZxHH2oENTdI=; b=kWK7d/gvu1UsMJ0PKX9qUbLe0TJdaaPt9rZtC8E/w6UTTnV6F2eXyXTrEQ3R6DDVD3 c+BauiLy6zVzxF7oULC3K9bLRPpm1aMjU8+p6OThu3jTxVFSzTbA+nMVbXmhela734fI SdpUJTk2GqY6+RCZYb95GiPo90yaLHVqNueewgfY5wbfEXJO5catiE7InBkx56YWjRAC mY741loO5SAawhbf4axvTazs2/TeDP7PN+vEbB1XTOIsJbiRMRsC8n+iz/4k4hGcaGgP bFRht2AJcZ2fAZD8ddCLqlGAMBc6ZnuatGLuyssqKYBeaj/GojnQopY/wqgEO1FeSJOz s3tA== X-Gm-Message-State: AKGB3mLxoFAGA5pIdLiT5KbC4ujGkdgK+oxNg7xlhMES47drvYuwkrqn R2uOZp+y9NiBJZXaTN/t7C9OHblkDTiqLJWSmJI= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACJfBouMHWPtoTqzDE5897heenPeGE4oV7Y6T0xiJqVYpc32UcOllEVT1rld0AB/uZNoZ2MP+LUcz4tnu/nQpYp2cg0= X-Received: by 10.107.175.165 with SMTP id p37mr6838022ioo.32.1513102192686; Tue, 12 Dec 2017 10:09:52 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.2.138.114 with HTTP; Tue, 12 Dec 2017 10:09:52 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20171212185233.GA1732@avalon.thwn> References: <20171212185233.GA1732@avalon.thwn> From: Adam Vande More Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 12:09:52 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: FreeBSD 11.1 on Soekris NET4501. Storage issue To: fml Cc: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.25 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 18:09:53 -0000 On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 12:52 PM, fml wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to bring back to life an old Soekris NET4501 board. It > served last as networking bridge running FreeBSD 9.0. > > I created a small FreeBSD 11.1 image with nanobsd, using GENERIC + > CPU_ELAN/SOEKRIS stuff as kernel. The board boots from internal CF > but fails to mount the root partition it seems there are no > suitabile devices to mount the root partition from. > The problem seems CAM related but I'm unable to investigate it further. > > This NET4501 is equipped with just 64MB of RAM: I built a custom kernel > without the unnecessary devices and options, even without SMP and ACPI, > A guess is that something(s) you deem unnecessary are in fact necessary for successful boot. -- Adam