I have a compact flash card that is giving an ERR R on boot. I have looked at the boot (http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq14.html), which told me that my PBR was most likely messed. Unfortunately I am still at a loss as to how I screwed up.
This is in a Soekris net4501 and the script used to create the image is here: http://webapp.gordonturner.ca/greenfrog/image.sh.txt (The script is based on flashdist, OpenSoekris and install.(sh,sub,md).) The problem arose as a result of trying to setup a new compact flash card. The 128mb cards used previously are longer big enough. It is entirely likely that I preformed an action on the previous 128mb cards waaay back when I started work on this project that I did not included in the script that allowed them to boot properly. Details: - OpenBSD 4.0 GENERIC - project website: http://webapp.gordonturner.ca/greenfrog/ - Writing attempted with a usb-cf adapter and a PCMCIA-cf adapter - Was using binaries packages and kernel from published cd - disklabel, fdisk and dmesg attached - boot from console on Soekris 4501 attached Any pointers and 'clue by fours' graciously accepted. Gordo. -- http://www.gordonturner.ca # dd if=soekris.img of=/dev/rsd0c bs=20m 24+1 records in 24+1 records out 519192576 bytes transferred in 659.159 secs (787658 bytes/sec) # disklabel sd0 # Inside MBR partition 3: type A6 start 63 size 1013985 # /dev/rsd0c: type: ESDI disk: vnd device label: soekris flags: bytes/sector: 512 sectors/track: 63 tracks/cylinder: 16 sectors/cylinder: 1008 cylinders: 1006 total sectors: 1014048 rpm: 3600 interleave: 1 trackskew: 0 cylinderskew: 0 headswitch: 0 # microseconds track-to-track seek: 0 # microseconds drivedata: 0 16 partitions: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] a: 1013984 63 4.2BSD 2048 16384 328 # Cyl 0*- 1005* b: 1 1014047 swap # Cyl 1005*- 1005 c: 1014048 0 unused 0 0 # Cyl 0 - 1005 # fdisk sd0 fdisk: sysctl(machdep.bios.diskinfo): Device not configured Disk: sd0 geometry: 1006/16/63 [1014048 Sectors] Offset: 0 Signature: 0xAA55 Starting Ending LBA Info: #: id C H S - C H S [ start: size ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 0: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ] unused 1: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ] unused 2: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ] unused *3: A6 0 1 1 - 1005 15 63 [ 63: 1013985 ] OpenBSD # dmesg OpenBSD 4.0 (RAMDISK_CD) #39: Sat Sep 16 19:34:26 MDT 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/RAMDISK_CD cpu0: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 2.82 GHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,SSE3,DS-CPL,CX16 real mem = 267939840 (261660K) avail mem = 238141440 (232560K) using 3296 buffers containing 13500416 bytes (13184K) of memory mainbus0 (root) bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+(ad) BIOS, date 12/03/05, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfd880, SMBIOS rev. 2.31 @ 0xe0010 (45 entries) bios0: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2 apm0: flags 30102 dobusy 0 doidle 1 pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xfd880/0x780 pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xfdf30/176 (9 entries) pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:07:0 ("Intel 82371FB ISA" rev 0x00) pcibios0: PCI bus #1 is the last bus bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0x8000 0xc8000/0x1000 0xdc000/0x4000! 0xe0000/0x4000! cpu0 at mainbus0 pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x01 ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x01 pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 pcib0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 "Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ISA" rev 0x08 pciide0 at pci0 dev 7 function 1 "Intel 82371AB IDE" rev 0x01: DMA, channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <VMware Virtual IDE Hard Drive> wd0: 64-sector PIO, LBA, 10240MB, 20971520 sectors wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0 scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <SONY, DVD-ROM DDU1621, S1.5> SCSI0 5/cdrom removable cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 uhci0 at pci0 dev 7 function 2 "Intel 82371AB USB" rev 0x00: irq 9 usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0 at usb0 uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered "Intel 82371AB Power" rev 0x08 at pci0 dev 7 function 3 not configured vga1 at pci0 dev 15 function 0 "VMware Virtual SVGA II" rev 0x00 wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) bha3 at pci0 dev 16 function 0 "BusLogic MultiMaster" rev 0x01: irq 11, BusLogic 9xxC SCSI bha3: model BT-958, firmware 5.07B bha3: sync, parity scsibus1 at bha3: 8 targets pcn0 at pci0 dev 17 function 0 "AMD 79c970 PCnet-PCI" rev 0x10, Am79c970A, rev 0: irq 10, address 00:0c:29:bb:a8:dd 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 npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: using exception 16 pccom0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo pccom1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2 biomask fbe5 netmask ffe5 ttymask ffe7 rd0: fixed, 3800 blocks wd0: no disk label dkcsum: wd0 matches BIOS drive 0x80 root on rd0a rootdev=0x1100 rrootdev=0x2f00 rawdev=0x2f02 wd0: no disk label syncing disks... done rebooting... OpenBSD 4.0 (GENERIC) #1107: Sat Sep 16 19:15:58 MDT 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC cpu0: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 2.82 GHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,SSE3,DS-CPL,CX16 real mem = 267939840 (261660K) avail mem = 236662784 (231116K) using 3296 buffers containing 13500416 bytes (13184K) of memory mainbus0 (root) bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+(cc) BIOS, date 12/03/05, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfd880, SMBIOS rev. 2.31 @ 0xe0010 (45 entries) bios0: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2 apm0: AC on, battery charge unknown apm0: flags 30102 dobusy 0 doidle 1 pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xfd880/0x780 pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xfdf30/176 (9 entries) pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:07:0 ("Intel 82371FB ISA" rev 0x00) pcibios0: PCI bus #1 is the last bus bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0x8000 0xc8000/0x1000 0xdc000/0x4000! 0xe0000/0x4000! cpu0 at mainbus0 pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x01 ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x01 pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 pcib0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 "Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ISA" rev 0x08 pciide0 at pci0 dev 7 function 1 "Intel 82371AB IDE" rev 0x01: DMA, channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <VMware Virtual IDE Hard Drive> wd0: 64-sector PIO, LBA, 10240MB, 20971520 sectors wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0 scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <SONY, DVD-ROM DDU1621, S1.5> SCSI0 5/cdrom removable cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 uhci0 at pci0 dev 7 function 2 "Intel 82371AB USB" rev 0x00: irq 9 usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0 at usb0 uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered piixpm0 at pci0 dev 7 function 3 "Intel 82371AB Power" rev 0x08: SMBus disabled vga1 at pci0 dev 15 function 0 "VMware Virtual SVGA II" rev 0x00 wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) bha3 at pci0 dev 16 function 0 "BusLogic MultiMaster" rev 0x01: irq 11, BusLogic 9xxC SCSI bha3: model BT-958, firmware 5.07B bha3: sync, parity scsibus1 at bha3: 8 targets pcn0 at pci0 dev 17 function 0 "AMD 79c970 PCnet-PCI" rev 0x10, Am79c970A, rev 0: irq 10, address 00:0c:29:bb:a8:dd 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 pmsi0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot wsmouse0 at pmsi0 mux 0 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker> spkr0 at pcppi0 lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7 npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: using exception 16 pccom0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo pccom1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2 biomask eb65 netmask ef65 ttymask ffe7 pctr: user-level cycle counter enabled dkcsum: wd0 matches BIOS drive 0x80 root on wd0a rootdev=0x0 rrootdev=0x300 rawdev=0x302 syncing disks... done rebooting... OpenBSD 4.0-stable (GENERIC) #0: Mon Mar 5 16:08:49 EST 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC cpu0: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 2.82 GHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,SSE3,DS-CPL,CX16 real mem = 267939840 (261660K) avail mem = 236662784 (231116K) using 3296 buffers containing 13500416 bytes (13184K) of memory mainbus0 (root) bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+(cc) BIOS, date 12/03/05, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfd880, SMBIOS rev. 2.31 @ 0xe0010 (45 entries) bios0: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2 apm0: AC on, battery charge unknown apm0: flags 30102 dobusy 0 doidle 1 pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xfd880/0x780 pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xfdf30/176 (9 entries) pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:07:0 ("Intel 82371FB ISA" rev 0x00) pcibios0: PCI bus #1 is the last bus bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0x8000 0xc8000/0x1000 0xdc000/0x4000! 0xe0000/0x4000! cpu0 at mainbus0 pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x01 ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x01 pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 pcib0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 "Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ISA" rev 0x08 pciide0 at pci0 dev 7 function 1 "Intel 82371AB IDE" rev 0x01: DMA, channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <VMware Virtual IDE Hard Drive> wd0: 64-sector PIO, LBA, 10240MB, 20971520 sectors wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0 scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <SONY, DVD-ROM DDU1621, S1.5> SCSI0 5/cdrom removable cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 uhci0 at pci0 dev 7 function 2 "Intel 82371AB USB" rev 0x00: irq 9 usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0 at usb0 uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered piixpm0 at pci0 dev 7 function 3 "Intel 82371AB Power" rev 0x08: SMBus disabled vga1 at pci0 dev 15 function 0 "VMware Virtual SVGA II" rev 0x00 wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) bha3 at pci0 dev 16 function 0 "BusLogic MultiMaster" rev 0x01: irq 11, BusLogic 9xxC SCSI bha3: model BT-958, firmware 5.07B bha3: sync, parity scsibus1 at bha3: 8 targets pcn0 at pci0 dev 17 function 0 "AMD 79c970 PCnet-PCI" rev 0x10, Am79c970A, rev 0: irq 10, address 00:0c:29:bb:a8:dd 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 pmsi0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot wsmouse0 at pmsi0 mux 0 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker> spkr0 at pcppi0 lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7 npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16 pccom0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo pccom1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2 biomask eb65 netmask ef65 ttymask ffe7 pctr: user-level cycle counter enabled dkcsum: wd0 matches BIOS drive 0x80 root on wd0a rootdev=0x0 rrootdev=0x300 rawdev=0x302 umass0 at uhub0 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 umass0: SanDisk Corporation ImageMate CompactFlash USB, rev 1.10/0.09, addr 2 umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only scsibus2 at umass0: 2 targets sd0 at scsibus2 targ 1 lun 0: <SanDisk, ImageMate II, 1.30> SCSI2 0/direct removable sd0: 495MB, 495 cyl, 64 head, 32 sec, 512 bytes/sec, 1014049 sec total umass0: at uhub0 port 1 (addr 2) disconnected sd0 detached scsibus2 detached umass0 detached umass0 at uhub0 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 umass0: SanDisk Corporation ImageMate CompactFlash USB, rev 1.10/0.09, addr 2 umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only scsibus2 at umass0: 2 targets sd0 at scsibus2 targ 1 lun 0: <SanDisk, ImageMate II, 1.30> SCSI2 0/direct removable sd0: 495MB, 495 cyl, 64 head, 32 sec, 512 bytes/sec, 1014049 sec total comBIOS ver. 1.15 20021013 Copyright (C) 2000-2002 Soekris Engineering. net45xx 0064 Mbyte Memory CPU 80486 133 Mhz Pri Mas CF 512MB LBA 1006-16-63 507 Mbyte PXE-M00: BootManage UNDI, PXE-2.0 (build 082) Slot Vend Dev ClassRev Cmd Stat CL LT HT Base1 Base2 Int ------------------------------------------------------------------- 0:00:0 1022 3000 06000000 0006 2280 00 00 00 00000000 00000000 00 0:18:0 100B 0020 02000000 0107 0290 00 3F 00 0000E001 A0000000 10 0:19:0 100B 0020 02000000 0107 0290 00 3F 00 0000E101 A0001000 11 0:20:0 100B 0020 02000000 0107 0290 00 3F 00 0000E201 A0002000 05 5 Seconds to automatic boot. Press Ctrl-P for entering Monitor. Using drive 0, partition 3. Loading ERR R
