Okay, seems like I sent a hasty reply earlier.
Got this fixed, by booting off a 4.8 CD, and "upgrading" - fsck all
filesystems, say no to bsd, bsd.mp and base, it created device nodes,
and congratulated me for completion of the upgrade. Rebooted, and the
system came up nicely.
Noticed two things:
(a) the * after hd0+ is gone during boot>
(b) the disklabel now shows proper values for "boundstart" and
"boundend" - earlier both were 0.
Thanks to all those who replied. Now I am off to reading more about
boot, and friends (though I am not sure if things are well at this
point!).
-Amarendra
On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 7:01 PM, Kenneth R Westerback
<kwesterb...@rogers.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 05:26:06PM +0530, Amarendra Godbole wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have run into a deadend trying to understand, and troubleshoot this
>> problem. Hence, I would like some pointers. Following is what I did to
>> get my OpenBSD system running, and then subsequently messing it up (in
>> sequence):
>>
>> (1) Installed OpenBSD/i386 on my Thinkpad X201, and built -current.
>> Did reserve ~140G for Windows, and then installed OpenBSD as described
>
> ^^^^ OpenBSD will reliably boot only if located <128GB. A
> recent change has made this explicit until a more reliable
> way of booting from >128GB can be found.
>
>> in FAQ. Things were fine for a couple of months.
>>
>> (2) Installed Windows XP ghost image to the first partition. Sadly,
>> ntldr was not installed so machine still booted directly into OpenBSD
>>
>> (3) Installed grub. Here is what /grub/menu.lst looks like:
>> default 0 timeout 5
>> title Windows XP
>> root (hd0,0)
>> chainloader +1
>>
>> title OpenBSD
>> root (hd0,1)
>> chainloader +1
>>
>> (4) grub started fine, and Windows XP boots fine, but when I try to
>> boot OpenBSD, I get something like this:
>> Loading...
>> probing: <<additional details>>
>> disk: fd0 hd0+*
>> >> OpenBSD/i386 BOOT 2.13
>> open(hd0a:/etc/boot.conf): Invalid argument
>> boot>
>> booting hd0a:/bsd: open hd0a:/bsd: Invalid argument
>> failed(22). will try ...
>>
>> And OpenBSD never boots. I don't recall changing anything else. From
>> what I know (very little), biosboot was able to load the 2nd stage
>> bootloader, but it now failed loading the kernel image.
>>
>> I can boot successfully into OpenBSD using a 4.8 boot CD though. I
>> tried running installboot again (mindlessly!), and get this error:
>> --------------------------
>> OpenBSD_49$ sudo /usr/mdec/installboot -n -v /boot /usr/mdec/biosboot sd0
>> Password:
>> boot: /boot proto: /usr/mdec/biosboot device: /dev/rsd0c
>> /boot is 3 blocks x 16384 bytes
>> fs block shift 2; part offset 293603940; inode block 32, offset 10792
>> master boot record (MBR) at sector 0
>> partition 0: type 0x07 offset 63 size 293603877
>> partition 1: type 0xA6 offset 293603940 size 377487360
>> installboot: invalid location: all of /boot must be < sector 268435455.
>
> And here is the error now being generated. If you have a BIOS/Hardware
> combo that can actually boot from >128GB, you can recompile installboot
> and friends after changing the value of BIOSBOOT_MAXSEC in
sys/sys/disklabel.h.
>
> If you have any knowledge on how to reliably detect that the BIOS/Hardware
> will correctly support EDD access beyond 128GB, we are very interested.
>
> .... Ken
>
>> --------------------------
>>
>> disklabel reads:
>> --------------------------
>> OpenBSD_49$ disklabel sd0
>> # /dev/rsd0c:
>> type: SCSI
>> disk: SCSI disk
>> label: ST9320423AS
>> duid: 93cf9b951f02f209
>> flags:
>> bytes/sector: 512
>> sectors/track: 63
>> tracks/cylinder: 255
>> sectors/cylinder: 16065
>> cylinders: 38913
>> total sectors: 625142448
>> boundstart: 0
>> boundend: 0
>> drivedata: 0
>>
>> 16 partitions:
>> # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg]
>> a: 2104508 293603940 4.2BSD 2048 16384 1 # /
>> b: 8385937 295708448 swap
>> c: 625142448 0 unused
>> d: 41945696 304094400 4.2BSD 2048 16384 1 # /usr
>> e: 4192960 346040096 4.2BSD 2048 16384 1 # /tmp
>> f: 20964832 350233056 4.2BSD 2048 16384 1 #
/usr/local
>> g: 4192960 371197888 4.2BSD 2048 16384 1 #
/usr/X11R6
>> h: 125821056 375390848 4.2BSD 2048 16384 1 # /home
>> j: 8385952 501211904 4.2BSD 2048 16384 1 # /var
>> k: 8385920 509597856 4.2BSD 2048 16384 1 #
/usr/src
>> l: 12578912 517983776 4.2BSD 2048 16384 1 #
/usr/obj
>> OpenBSD_49$
>> --------------------------
>>
>> dmesg is
>> -------------------------
>> OpenBSD 4.9-current (kernel) #5: Wed Mar 23 23:58:17 IST 2011
>> r...@zimbu.vxindia.veritas.com:/home/amar/site-specific/builds/kernel
>> cpu0: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 520 @ 2.40GHz ("GenuineIntel"
>> 686-class) 2.40 GHz
>> cpu0:
FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUS
H,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,PCLMUL,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,ES
T,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,POPCNT
>> ,AES
>> real mem = 1998659584 (1906MB)
>> avail mem = 1955794944 (1865MB)
>> mainbus0 at root
>> bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 10/26/10, BIOS32 rev. 0 @
>> 0xfdbe0, SMBIOS rev. 2.6 @ 0xe0010 (78 entries)
>> bios0: vendor LENOVO version "6QET61WW (1.31 )" date 10/26/2010
>> bios0: LENOVO 3680LA2
>> acpi0 at bios0: rev 2
>> acpi0: sleep states S0 S3 S4 S5
>> acpi0: tables DSDT FACP SSDT ECDT APIC MCFG HPET ASF! SLIC BOOT SSDT
>> TCPA SSDT SSDT SSDT
>> acpi0: wakeup devices LID_(S3) SLPB(S3) IGBE(S4) EXP1(S4) EXP2(S4)
>> EXP3(S4) EXP4(S4) EXP5(S4) EHC1(S3) EHC2(S3) HDEF(S4)
>> acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits
>> acpiec0 at acpi0
>> acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat
>> cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor)
>> cpu0: apic clock running at 132MHz
>> cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 1 (application processor)
>> cpu1: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 520 @ 2.40GHz ("GenuineIntel"
>> 686-class) 2.40 GHz
>> cpu1:
FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUS
H,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,PCLMUL,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,ES
T,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,POPCNT
>> ,AES
>> cpu2 at mainbus0: apid 4 (application processor)
>> cpu2: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 520 @ 2.40GHz ("GenuineIntel"
>> 686-class) 2.40 GHz
>> cpu2:
FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUS
H,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,PCLMUL,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,ES
T,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,POPCNT
>> ,AES
>> cpu3 at mainbus0: apid 5 (application processor)
>> cpu3: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 520 @ 2.40GHz ("GenuineIntel"
>> 686-class) 2.40 GHz
>> cpu3:
FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUS
H,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,PCLMUL,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,ES
T,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,POPCNT
>> ,AES
>> ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 1 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins
>> ioapic0: misconfigured as apic 2, remapped to apid 1
>> acpimcfg0 at acpi0 addr 0xe0000000, bus 0-255
>> acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hz
>> acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0)
>> acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEG_)
>> acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus 13 (EXP1)
>> acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus -1 (EXP2)
>> acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus -1 (EXP3)
>> acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus 5 (EXP4)
>> acpiprt6 at acpi0: bus 2 (EXP5)
>> acpicpu0 at acpi0: C3, C1, PSS
>> acpicpu1 at acpi0: C3, C1, PSS
>> acpicpu2 at acpi0: C3, C1, PSS
>> acpicpu3 at acpi0: C3, C1, PSS
>> acpipwrres0 at acpi0: PUBS
>> acpitz0 at acpi0: critical temperature 100 degC
>> acpibtn0 at acpi0: LID_
>> acpibtn1 at acpi0: SLPB
>> acpibat0 at acpi0: BAT0 model "42T4835" serial 120 type LION oem "SANYO"
>> acpibat1 at acpi0: BAT1 not present
>> acpiac0 at acpi0: AC unit offline
>> acpithinkpad0 at acpi0
>> acpidock0 at acpi0: GDCK not docked (0)
>> bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0x10000! 0xd0000/0x1000 0xd1000/0x1000
>> 0xdd000/0x3000! 0xe0000/0x10000
>> cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep 2394 MHz: speeds: 2400, 2399, 2266, 2133,
>> 1999, 1866, 1733, 1599, 1466, 1333, 1199 MHz
>> pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (bios)
>> pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel Core Host" rev 0x02
>> vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel Mobile HD graphics" rev 0x02
>> wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
>> wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
>> intagp0 at vga1
>> agp0 at intagp0: aperture at 0xd0000000, size 0x10000000
>> inteldrm0 at vga1: apic 1 int 16 (irq 11)
>> drm0 at inteldrm0
>> "Intel 3400 MEI" rev 0x06 at pci0 dev 22 function 0 not configured
>> "Intel 3400 KT" rev 0x06 at pci0 dev 22 function 3 not configured
>> em0 at pci0 dev 25 function 0 "Intel 82577LM" rev 0x06: apic 1 int 20
>> (irq 11), address f0:de:f1:37:cc:84
>> ehci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 0 "Intel 3400 USB" rev 0x06: apic 1 int
>> 23 (irq 11)
>> usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0
>> uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1
>> azalia0 at pci0 dev 27 function 0 "Intel 3400 HD Audio" rev 0x06: apic
>> 1 int 17 (irq 11)
>> azalia0: codecs: Conexant/0x5069, Intel/0x2804, using Conexant/0x5069
>> audio0 at azalia0
>> ppb0 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel 3400 PCIE" rev 0x06: apic 1 int
>> 20 (irq 11)
>> pci1 at ppb0 bus 13
>> ppb1 at pci0 dev 28 function 3 "Intel 3400 PCIE" rev 0x06: apic 1 int
>> 23 (irq 11)
>> pci2 at ppb1 bus 5
>> ppb2 at pci0 dev 28 function 4 "Intel 3400 PCIE" rev 0x06: apic 1 int
>> 20 (irq 11)
>> pci3 at ppb2 bus 2
>> iwn0 at pci3 dev 0 function 0 "Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200" rev
>> 0x35: apic 1 int 16 (irq 11), MIMO 2T2R, MoW, address
>> 58:94:6b:91:87:38
>> ehci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 3400 USB" rev 0x06: apic 1 int
>> 19 (irq 11)
>> usb1 at ehci1: USB revision 2.0
>> uhub1 at usb1 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1
>> ppb3 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BAM Hub-to-PCI" rev 0xa6
>> pci4 at ppb3 bus 14
>> pcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel QM57 LPC" rev 0x06
>> ahci0 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 3400 AHCI" rev 0x06: apic 1 int
>> 16 (irq 11), AHCI 1.3
>> scsibus0 at ahci0: 32 targets
>> sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <ATA, ST9320423AS, 0003> SCSI3 0/direct
fixed
>> sd0: 305245MB, 512 bytes/sec, 625142448 sec total
>> ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 3400 SMBus" rev 0x06: apic 1
>> int 23 (irq 11)
>> iic0 at ichiic0
>> spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 2GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-10600 SO-DIMM
>> itherm0 at pci0 dev 31 function 6 "Intel 3400 Thermal" rev 0x06
>> isa0 at pcib0
>> isadma0 at isa0
>> pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5
>> pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
>> pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
>> wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
>> pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot)
>> pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot
>> wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0
>> pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
>> spkr0 at pcppi0
>> aps0 at isa0 port 0x1600/31
>> npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16
>> mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support
>> uhub2 at uhub0 port 1 "Intel Rate Matching Hub" rev 2.00/0.00 addr 2
>> umass0 at uhub2 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 "Lenovo
>> USB_MultiBurner3" rev 2.00/2.40 addr 3
>> umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only
>> scsibus1 at umass0: 2 targets, initiator 0
>> cd0 at scsibus1 targ 1 lun 0: <LENOVO, USB_MultiBurner3, NL31> SCSI0
>> 5/cdrom removable
>> ugen0 at uhub2 port 3 "UPEK Biometric Coprocessor" rev 1.01/0.02 addr 4
>> ugen1 at uhub2 port 4 "Broadcom Corp Broadcom Bluetooth Device" rev
>> 2.00/3.60 addr 5
>> uvideo0 at uhub2 port 6 configuration 1 interface 0 "Chicony
>> Electronics Co., Ltd. Integrated Camera" rev 2.00/23.45 addr 6
>> video0 at uvideo0
>> uhub3 at uhub1 port 1 "Intel Rate Matching Hub" rev 2.00/0.00 addr 2
>> vscsi0 at root
>> scsibus2 at vscsi0: 256 targets
>> softraid0 at root
>> root on sd0a swap on sd0b dump on sd0b
>> cd0 detached
>> scsibus1 detached
>> umass0 detached
>> --------------------------
>>
>> Appreciate pointers/help to fix this problem. Thanks.
>>
>> -Amarendra
