Am 09.03.2018 um 00:55 schrieb Stefan Wollny: > Am 09.03.2018 um 00:09 schrieb Stefan Wollny: >> Am 08.03.2018 um 23:25 schrieb Stefan Wollny: >>> Am 08.03.2018 um 22:11 schrieb Stefan Wollny: >>> >>>> Am 08.03.2018 um 17:44 schrieb Stefan Wollny: >>>>> Gesendet von meinem BlackBerry 10-Smartphone. >>>>> Originalnachricht >>>>> Von: Kevin Chadwick >>>>> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 8. März 2018 17:28 >>>>> An: misc@openbsd.org >>>>> Betreff: Re: booting hd0a:/bsd: open hd0a:/bsd: Invalid argument >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, 8 Mar 2018 14:47:43 +0100 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Has anyone a clue what might have happend and how to solve the issue? >>>>>> I searched the net but didn't find any substantial infos on this. As >>>>>> the error happends with all three USB-keys I have this is unlikely to >>>>>> be cause of the trouble. >>>>> The bootloader normally lists the disks that the bios sees beforehand >>>>> e.g. >>>>> >>>>> disk: hd0+ hd1+ sr0* >>>>>>> OpenBSD/amd64 BOOT 3.34 >>>>> Perhaps they have been moved around? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I tried >>>>> >>>>> boot hd1a:/bsd >>>>> >>>>> but got the same message. >>>>> >>>>> I can enter # fsck -fy hd0a but this just gets me a prompt without any >>>>> action. BTW: This is a SSD. >>>>> >>>> OK - back at home I downloaded install63.iso and burned a CD which does >>>> start. Choosing "(U)pgrade" I am presented with "Available disks are: >>>> sd0 sd1" - but both are "not a valid root disk". Back to the shell I >>>> tried fdisk but I get "fdisk: sd0: No such file or directory" >>>> >>>> Could this be an issue with the bootloader or is it the encryption of >>>> softraid0 that hinders the upgrade? >>>> >> tb@ provided another valuable hint: >> I can start the boot-process with 'boot sr0a:/bsd' but this ends with a >> panic: >> >> ... >> softraid0 at root >> scsibus4 at softraid0:256 targets >> panic: root device (...) not found >> Stopped at db_enter+0x5: popq %rbp >> TID PID UID PRFLAGS PFLAGS CPU COMMAND >> * 0 0 0 0X10000 0X200 OK swapper >> ... >> > OK . final remarks for tonight: > > I can start 'boot sr0a:/bsd.rd' but trying to upgrade is the same > dead-end road - "sd0 is not a valid root device". > > 'fdisk sd0' shows the expected '*' before the partition number. > > 'disklabel sd0' shows the expected fstype "RAID" 'for sd0a. > > Doing 'bioctl -c C -l /dev/sd0a' says "KDF hint has invalid size". > > 'installboot -nv sd0a' misses '/usr/mdec/biosboot' - there is only > '/usr/mdec/mbr'. > > While the 'upgrade' started from 'boot sr0a:/bsd.rd' does not see 'sd0' > the 'install' process started from the CD actually does. Someone an idea how to proceed? I'd hate to reinstall everything...
TIA. STEFAN
