Motin is your best bet in tracking down ATA problems. Cheers, Kip
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Joe Karthauser <j...@freebsd.org> wrote: > Hi Kip, > > I seriously don't understand what has happened. If I boot kernel.old I still > get the same problem. Very confusing. :(. > > Joe > > on 21/05/2009 19:28 Kip Macy said the following: >> >> I have no idea what is happening. I think our best bet is having >> someone with insight into ATA provide us with help in adding >> diagnostics. >> >> Sorry for the trouble. Perhaps you can just roll back to 7.2 for now. >> >> Cheers, >> Kip >> >> >> On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Joe Karthauser<j...@freebsd.org> wrote: >>> >>> Hmm, I've had a bit of a miserable afternoon trying to fight my RELENG_7 >>> server, which now doesn't boot. :(. >>> >>> So, it's a ZRAID2 pool with a ufs/gmirror root partition split over 5 >>> disks >>> (gmirror on 500Mb partition on each of five disks, and zraid2 over the >>> rest >>> of each drive). >>> >>> What I did was to update the userland, and then reboot. I didn't upgrade >>> the >>> kernel (but I've subsequently done that and have the same problem). >>> >>> What happens is that the kernel hangs booting just after displaying a >>> LABEL >>> message or ZFS pool/spool message. I _can_ get it to boot if I boot >>> single >>> user with acpi switched off. When I do that I can manually start zfs, and >>> mount all the partitions. However, one of the disks is missing.... more >>> on >>> that next. >>> >>> The machine is running a gigabyte motherboard (domestic gamer P35 board, >>> similar to this >>> >>> http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2533, >>> although it might be a DS4 variant). I've got 5 of the 6 sata ports >>> wired >>> to a 5 unit SATA hot swap bay (5 drives vertially mounted into 3 5-1/4" >>> bays >>> kind of thing). >>> >>> Now, because of the gmirror I can boot the system on any disk, or >>> combination of plugged in disks. I should be able to succeed with the >>> kernel probe up to the attempt to mount the root filesystem irrespective >>> of >>> any zfs pool, etc. And, indeed, this has been working fine for about two >>> years. >>> >>> But, now it hangs in the same place no matter what disk I boot on (I've >>> tried every bay). >>> >>> But, without ACPI enabled it does appear to boot ok... what's going on >>> here? >>> Is it possible that the machine has developed a hardware fault? >>> >>> Ok, finally, if I boot with ACPI disabled then one of the disks is >>> missing. >>> If I unplug it I get a disconnect message from the ata device, and a >>> reconnect and reinit attempt when I plug it back in, but no device >>> appears >>> on the bus. Usually I can do a 'atacontrol detach sata4; sleep 1; >>> atacontrol >>> attach sata4' and the device reappears. This happens on the other buses, >>> but >>> not on the last one. It's not the disk, because if I swap it into another >>> bay, it comes up and appears on the bus. On the other hand it doesn't >>> appear >>> to be that controller or slow in the drive bay because if I unplug all >>> the >>> over disks the system will boot that disk and get as far as the hang.... >>> hmm. >>> >>> Is this a consequence of disabling the ACPI? >>> >>> Does anyone have a clue what might be going on? >>> >>> Joe >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" >>> >> >> >> > > -- When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. Edmund Burke _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
