Bug 22625
| Summary: | Unable to install FreeBSD system to ATA RAID disk from boot floppies | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Product: | Base System | Reporter: | hidekazu <hidekazu> |
| Component: | misc | Assignee: | freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs> |
| Status: | Closed FIXED | ||
| Severity: | Affects Only Me | ||
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Version: | 2.2.8-RELEASE | ||
| Hardware: | Any | ||
| OS: | Any | ||
I looked through sysinstall source and libdisk source and guess what ! -
libdisk doesn't know about ar? devices yet.
Could someone update the libdisk source in stable and current to include the
device?
The files affected are:
/src/lib/libdisk/create_chunk.c
/src/lib/libdisk/disk.c
--- disk.c.orig Thu Sep 14 14:10:45 2000
+++ disk.c Mon Nov 6 23:41:45 2000
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@
}
#endif
-static char * device_list[] = {"wd", "ad", "da", "wfd", "fla", "idad",
"mlxd", "amrd", "twed", 0};
+static char * device_list[] = {"wd", "ad", "da", "wfd", "fla", "idad",
"mlxd", "amrd", "twed", "ar", 0};
char **
Disk_Names()
--- create_chunk.c.orig Fri Jul 14 08:30:59 2000
+++ create_chunk.c Mon Nov 6 23:46:59 2000
@@ -300,6 +300,8 @@
cmaj = 147, p += 4;
else if (!strncmp(p, "da", 2)) /* CAM support */
cmaj = 13, p += 2;
+ else if (!strncmp(p, "ar", 2)) /* ATA RAID */
+ cmaj = 157, p += 2;
else {
msgDebug("MakeDev: Unknown major/minor for devtype %s\n", p);
return 0;
Unfortunately I am not able to compile and try this, but if someone can
create a set of 4-STABLE or 5-CURRENT installation disks and e-mail them,
I'm willing to try.
Those diffs are against 2000-10-30 stable, so they are just to show changes
what I thing should be done to actual current files. This should make
Current install on ATA RAID hopefully. I don't know, if it will make STABLE
sysinstall recognize the ar device. I hope so.
Ivan Debnár
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State Changed From-To: open->feedback Support for "ATA RAID" (ar) was added to libdisk and sysinstall, meanwhile. Can you please check, if it works, now? State Changed From-To: feedback->closed From the originator: "I achieved success in installing 4.2-20001108-BETA FreeBSD system ( 4.2-RC1-install.iso is very large. ) with boot floppies. But, I needed to create new partision and disklabel layouts, because occured a kernel panic with old layouts(created at failing installation and remained on RAID disk)." |
I try to install 4.2-BETA(4.2-20001105-BETA) and 5.0-current(5.0-20001105-CURRENT) to new PC with kern.flp and mfsroot.flp floppies. When installing 4.2-BETA, there is not a ATA RAID device(ar0) at 'Custom/Partition' screen in sysinstall. But there ara ATA Disk devices(ad0,ad1). When installing 5.0-CURRENT, there are a ATA RAID device(ar0) and ATA Disk devices(ad0,ad1). After I select ar0 and edit Pa rtition and Disk Label, start to commit. But abort to commit with following message. 'Unable to make device node for /dev/ar0s1b in /dev!' 'The creation of filesystem will be aborted.' In vty2 screen, 'DEBUG: MakeDev: Unknown major/minor for devtype ar0s1b' 'DEBUG: MakeDev: Unknown major/minor for devtype ar0s1e' 'DEBUG: MakeDev: Unknown major/minor for devtype ar0s1f' 'DEBUG: MakeDev: Unknown major/minor for devtype ar0s1g'