Re: HP Netserver RAID Controller + FreeBSD 4.10 problem

From: Ted Cabeen (secabeen_at_pobox.com)
Date: 08/25/04

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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 12:05:31 -0700

    Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> writes:

    > 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).

    You probably need to make the devices in /dev. MAKEDEV amrd0 should
    do it.

    > 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@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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