DS10 6.0 new install hangs mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0a

Wilko Bulte wb at freebie.xs4all.nl
Mon Mar 13 14:51:12 UTC 2006


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 use an Qlogic isp1040, so the isp(4) driver

> 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.

Sounds like the drive might have a pre-existing disklabel on it, this
tends to confuse sysinstall on Alpha.

> Both PCI scsi controllers yielded the same results; Alpha firmware
> showed both drives, fwiw.
> 
> I believe the drives are healthy, but I don't know of their contents;
> do I perhaps need to zorch something in their volume header/label
> ahead-of-time, just in case?
> 
> cheers,
> sr.
> 
> 
> > > Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `vnlru' to stop...done
> > > Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `bufdaemon' to stop...done
> > > Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `syncer' to stop...
> > > Syncing disks, vnodes remaining...3 0 0 0 done
> > > All buffers synced.
> > > Uptime: 38m17s
> > > 
> > > halted CPU 0
> > > 
> > > halt code = 5
> > > HALT instruction executed
> > > PC = fffffc0000757560
> > > Reseting I/O buses...
> > > >>>show dev
> > > dqa0.0.0.13.0              DQA0                Maxtor 5 3073H6  DAC10SC0
> > > dqb0.0.1.13.0              DQB0             Compaq   CRD-8402B  1.03    
> > > dva0.0.0.0.0               DVA0                               
> > > ewa0.0.0.9.0               EWA0              08-00-2B-87-3A-49
> > > ewb0.0.0.11.0              EWB0              08-00-2B-87-3A-29
> > > pka0.7.0.14.0              PKA0                  SCSI Bus ID 7  5.57
> > > >>>boot dqa0
> > > (boot dqa0.0.0.13.0 -flags A)
> > > block 0 of dqa0.0.0.13.0 is a valid boot block
> > > reading 15 blocks from dqa0.0.0.13.0
> > > bootstrap code read in
> > > base = 200000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 1e00
> > > initializing HWRPB at 2000
> > > initializing page table at 3ff3e000
> > > initializing machine state
> > > setting affinity to the primary CPU
> > > jumping to bootstrap code
> > > Loading /boot/loader
> > > Consoles: SRM firmware console  
> > > VMS PAL rev: 0x1004700010154
> > > OSF PAL rev: 0x1003f0002014f
> > > Switch to OSF PAL code succeeded.
> > > 
> > > FreeBSD/alpha SRM disk boot, Revision 1.2
> > > (root at ds10.freebie.xs4all.nl, Wed Nov  2 16:27:20 UTC 2005)
> > > Memory: 1048576 k
> > > Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf 
> > > /boot/kernel/kernel data=0x619410+0x39820 syms=[0x8+0x6c060+0x8+0x59b68]
> > > 
> > > Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt.
> > > Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel]...               
> > > Entering /boot/kernel/kernel at 0xfffffc000034a9d0...
> > > Copyright (c) 1992-2005 The FreeBSD Project.
> > > Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
> > >         The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
> > > FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #0: Thu Nov  3 01:10:43 UTC 2005
> > >     root at ds10.freebie.xs4all.nl:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
> > > ST6600
> > > COMPAQ AlphaServer DS10 466 MHz, 462MHz
> > > 8192 byte page size, 1 processor.
> > > CPU: EV6 (21264) major=8 minor=4 extensions=0x303<BWX,FIX,MVI,PRECISE>
> > > OSF PAL rev: 0x1003f0002014f
> > > real memory  = 1070841856 (1021 MB)
> > > avail memory = 1040449536 (992 MB)
> > > tsunami0: <21271 Core Logic chipset>
> > > pcib0: <21271 PCI host bus adapter> on tsunami0
> > > pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
> > > isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 7.0 on pci0
> > > isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
> > > dc0: <Intel 21143 10/100BaseTX> port 0x10100-0x1017f mem 0x1091000-0x10913ff irq 29 at device 9.0 on pci0
> > > miibus0: <MII bus> on dc0
> > > dcphy0: <Intel 21143 NWAY media interface> on miibus0
> > > dcphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> > > dc0: Ethernet address: 08:00:2b:87:3a:49
> > > dc0: interrupting at TSUNAMI irq 29
> > > dc1: <Intel 21143 10/100BaseTX> port 0x10180-0x101ff mem 0x1091400-0x10917ff irq 30 at device 11.0 on pci0
> > > miibus1: <MII bus> on dc1
> > > dcphy1: <Intel 21143 NWAY media interface> on miibus1
> > > dcphy1:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> > > dc1: Ethernet address: 08:00:2b:87:3a:29
> > > dc1: interrupting at TSUNAMI irq 30
> > > atapci0: <AcerLabs M5229 UDMA33 controller> port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0x10210-0x1021f irq 238 at device 13.0 on pci0
> > > ata0: <ATA channel 0> on atapci0
> > > ata0: interrupting at ISA irq 14
> > > ata1: <ATA channel 1> on atapci0
> > > ata1: interrupting at ISA irq 15
> > > isp0: <Qlogic ISP 1020/1040 PCI SCSI Adapter> port 0x10000-0x100ff mem 0x1090000-0x1090fff irq 35 at device 14.0 on pci0
> > > isp0: interrupting at TSUNAMI irq 35
> > > isp0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> > > atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
> > > atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
> > > atkbd0: interrupting at ISA irq 1
> > > atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> > > fdc0: <Enhanced floppy controller> at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0
> > > fdc0: interrupting at ISA irq 6
> > > fdc0: [FAST]
> > > fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0
> > > mcclock0: <MC146818A real time clock> at port 0x70-0x71 on isa0
> > > ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x3bc-0x3c3 irq 7 on isa0
> > > ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
> > > ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/1 bytes threshold
> > > ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0
> > > lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
> > > lpt0: Polled port
> > > ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
> > > ppc0: interrupting at ISA irq 7
> > > sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
> > > sio0: type 16550A, console
> > > sio0: interrupting at ISA irq 4
> > > sio1 at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 flags 0x80 on isa0
> > > sio1: type 16550A
> > > sio1: interrupting at ISA irq 3
> > > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
> > > Timecounter "alpha" frequency 462394124 Hz quality 800
> > > Timecounters tick every 0.976 msec
> > > ad0: 28629MB <Maxtor 53073H6 DAC10SC0> at ata0-master UDMA33
> > > acd0: CDROM <Compaq CRD-8402B/1.03> at ata1-master PIO4
> > > Waiting 5 seconds for SCSI devices to settle
> > > Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0a
> > 
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