HP Netserver RAID Controller + FreeBSD 4.10 problem
Troy Settle
troy at psknet.com
Fri Aug 20 11:54:36 PDT 2004
I don't know if this is the right answer, but if you have to manually
specify the root partition, it's because the kernel can't find the root
partition to even read fstab. I can't say that I've seen this before, or
even know how to overcome it.
Did this behavior also exist before you updated to STABLE?
BTW, I just did an install and an update to STABLE on very similar hardware
(MegaRAID 466), and it worked fine. I also have an HP branded card, but
I've not used it in an install yet.
--
Troy Settle
Pulaski Networks
866.477.5638
http://www.psknet.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-isp at freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Odhiambo
> Washington
> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 9:49 AM
> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Subject: HP Netserver RAID Controller + FreeBSD 4.10 problem
>
>
> Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
>
> I'd appreciate some help/clues on how to solve the following problem.
>
> I have acquired some 3 old-ish HP Netserver LH4r. They come with
> built-in RAID adapters.
>
> I have installed FreeBSD (well, that is the only one I could anyway),
> but I am hitting a snag: When I boot up the box, it refuses
> to automount
> the root fs, then takes me to "Manual Root File System
> specification" option.
>
> When I specify
>
> ufs:/dev/amrd0s1a then the box boots. What I don't understand
> is why it
> is refusing to obey the same thing in fstab..
>
> My /etc/fstab contains the correct entries - /dev/amrd0s1{a|e|f} and I
> have even compiled a kernel with support for "amr".
>
> I have three such boxes (God forbid if they all refuse to run
> FreeBSD).
>
>
> Here is a dmesg output of what I am going through:
>
>
> Copyright (c) 1992-2004 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 4.10-STABLE #1: Wed Aug 18 09:00:05 EAT 2004
> root at ns.wananchi.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SRV4.x
> Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz
> CPU: Pentium III/Pentium III Xeon/Celeron (500.03-MHz 686-class CPU)
> Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x672 Stepping = 2
>
> Features=0x387fbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP
> ,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,PN,MMX,FXSR,SSE>
> real memory = 1073676288 (1048512K bytes)
> avail memory = 1041215488 (1016812K bytes)
> Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc03a5000.
> VESA: v2.0, 1024k memory, flags:0x0, mode table:0xc0337d42 (1000022)
> VESA: Cirrus Logic GD-5446 VGA
> netsmb_dev: loaded
> Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled
> Using $PIR table, 14 entries at 0xc00fdee0
> npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
> npx0: INT 16 interface
> pcib0: <Intel 82454NX PXB#0, Bus#A> on motherboard
> pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
> pcib1: <PCI to PCI bridge (vendor=8086 device=0960)> at
> device 2.0 on pci0
> pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1
> xl0: <3Com 3c905B-TX Fast Etherlink XL> port 0xa000-0xa07f
> mem 0xe8100000-0xe810007f irq 11 at device 3.0 on pci1
> xl0: Ethernet address: 00:50:da:39:d8:2f
> miibus0: <MII bus> on xl0
> ukphy0: <Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface> on miibus0
> ukphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> amr0: <LSILogic MegaRAID> mem 0xf0000000-0xf7ffffff irq 10 at
> device 2.1 on pci0
> amr0: <Integrated HP NetRAID (T5)> Firmware D.02.05, BIOS
> B.01.04, 16MB RAM
> pcib2: <DEC 21152 PCI-PCI bridge> at device 3.0 on pci0
> pci2: <PCI bus> on pcib2
> xl1: <3Com 3c905-TX Fast Etherlink XL> port 0xb000-0xb03f irq
> 12 at device 2.0 on pci2
> xl1: Ethernet address: 00:a0:24:e1:77:34
> miibus1: <MII bus> on xl1
> nsphy0: <DP83840 10/100 media interface> on miibus1
> nsphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> pci0: <unknown card> (vendor=0x103c, dev=0x10c1) at 6.0
> pci0: <Cirrus Logic GD5446 SVGA controller> at 8.0
> isab0: <Intel 82371AB PCI to ISA bridge> at device 15.0 on pci0
> isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
> atapci0: <Intel PIIX4 ATA33 controller> port 0x9020-0x902f at
> device 15.1 on pci0
> ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0
> ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0
> pci0: <Intel 82371AB/EB (PIIX4) USB controller> at 15.2
> chip0: <Intel 82371AB Power management controller> port
> 0x1040-0x104f at device 15.3 on pci0
> pcib3: <Intel 82454NX PCI Expander Bridge> at device 18.0 on pci0
> orm0: <Option ROMs> at iomem 0xc0000-0xc7fff,0xc8000-0xc87ff on isa0
> pmtimer0 on isa0
> fdc0: <NEC 72065B or clone> at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6
> drq 2 on isa0
> fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold
> fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0
> atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
> atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> flags 0x1 irq 1 on atkbdc0
> kbd0 at atkbd0
> vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem
> 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
> sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
> sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
> sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
> sio0: type 16550A
> sio1 at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa0
> sio1: type 16550A
> IP packet filtering initialized, divert enabled, rule-based
> forwarding enabled, default to accept, logging limited to 100
> packets/entry by default
> ata0-slave: ATAPI identify retries exceeded
> acd0: CDROM <CD-532E-B> at ata0-master PIO4
> amrd0: <LSILogic MegaRAID logical drive> on amr0
> amrd0: 17365MB (35563520 sectors) RAID 0 (optimal)
> amrd1: <LSILogic MegaRAID logical drive> on amr0
> amrd1: 34731MB (71129088 sectors) RAID 0 (optimal)
>
> Manual root filesystem specification:
> <fstype>:<device> Mount <device> using filesystem <fstype>
> eg. ufs:/dev/da0s1a
> ? List valid disk boot devices
> <empty line> Abort manual input
>
> mountroot> ufs:/dev/amrd0s1a
> Mounting root from ufs:/dev/amrd0s1a
>
>
> How do I get around this one????
>
> Thanks!!
>
>
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