I have gotten past all the problems I discussed in my original message
to this list.
On the AMD/Tyan motherboard with the Addonics CF to SATA converter,
what I did was purchase a Lexar Professional UDMA 300X CF card.
This card is faster, and provides the UDMA interface that the
motherboard and the OS likes to use.
I changed the cabling so that the flash card was the first disk (wd0
to OpenBSD),
and I moved the SATA hard drive to wd1.
For this first attempt, I put swap, /tmp, and /var onto partitions on wd1.
wd0 (the flash), has /, /usr, and /home
I was able to cleanly install OpenBSD and boot into it. It appears to
work fine.
I do get an error from savecore that wants to use wd0b, and I'll have
to tweak that.
On an older i386 machine, I used another CF (actually it provides a
PCMCIA) to IDE adaptor made by
http://www.prestico.com/prod-cardmaster.htm
I used the Sandisk drive I wrote about previously. The sandisk CF card
does not support UDMA. Again, made the CF card be wd0, and the hard drive be
wd1, the partitions were as described above. Again, no problems
installing OpenBSD,
and running it.
Thanks to Nick Holland for suggesting making the flash card be wd0,
and inspiring me to go try and find a UDMA CF card. And appologies to
Nick and everyone for the poorly worded subject line on my original
message.
Don
On 7/30/07, Don Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a Tyan S2881 Thunder K8SR motherboard (Opteron), and wd0 is a
> SATA hard disk (Western Digital), but I want to boot and run off a
> flash card.
>
> I have an Addonics SATA to CF adaptor, Model ADSACF)
>
> http://www.addonics.com/products/flash_memory_reader/adsacf.asp
>
> The OpenBSD 4.1 installer (booted via PXEboot) seems to have a LOT of
> trouble with the flash drive (recognized as WD1).
>
> How can I make OpenBSD happy with this drive? The actual CF card is a
> SanDisk Ultra II 8Gb.
>
> I had zero problems installing and using a similar SanDisk card in a
> Soekris 4801, so I know that it must be possible to make this work.
>
> How do I make OpenBSD happy with the flash disk? Do I need special
> BIOS settings?
>
> I had very similar problems with another IDE -> Flash adaptor in a
> Pentium machine.
>
> Here is the log from the installer:
>
> Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
>
> The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
>
> Copyright (c) 1995-2007 OpenBSD. All rights reserved. http://www.OpenBSD.org
>
>
> OpenBSD 4.1-stable (RAMDISK_CD) #1: Sun May 27 13:25:48 PDT 2007
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/openbsd/4.1/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/RAMDISK_CD
>
> cpu0: Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 270 ("AuthenticAMD"
> 686-class, 1024KB L2 cache) 2 GHz
>
> cpu0:
> FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,HTT,SSE3
>
> cpu0: AMD erratum 89 present, BIOS upgrade may be required
>
> real mem = 2146988032 (2096668K)
>
> avail mem = 1953828864 (1908036K)
>
> using 4278 buffers containing 107474944 bytes (104956K) of memory
>
> mainbus0 (root)
>
> bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 05/23/06, BIOS32 rev. 0 @
> 0xf0010, SMBIOS rev. 2.3 @ 0xf9830 (63 entries)
>
> bios0: TYAN S2881 Thunder K8SR Mainboard
>
> apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2
>
> apm0: flags 30102 dobusy 0 doidle 1
>
> pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xf0000/0x10000
>
> pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xf4d30/208 (11 entries)
>
> pcibios0: no compatible PCI ICU found: ICU vendor 0x1022 product 0x746b
>
> pcibios0: Warning, unable to fix up PCI interrupt routing
>
> pcibios0: PCI bus #3 is the last bus
>
> bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0x8000 0xc8000/0x4800 0xcc800/0x1800
> 0xce000/0x1800 0xcf800/0x1000
>
> acpi at mainbus0 not configured
>
> cpu0 at mainbus0
>
> pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios)
>
> ppb0 at pci0 dev 6 function 0 "AMD 8111 PCI-PCI" rev 0x07
>
> pci1 at ppb0 bus 3
>
> ohci0 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "AMD 8111 USB" rev 0x0b: irq 9, version
> 1.0, legacy support
>
> usb0 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0
>
> uhub0 at usb0
>
> uhub0: AMD OHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
>
> uhub0: 3 ports with 3 removable, self powered
>
> ohci1 at pci1 dev 0 function 1 "AMD 8111 USB" rev 0x0b: irq 9, version
> 1.0, legacy support
>
> usb1 at ohci1: USB revision 1.0
>
> uhub1 at usb1
>
> uhub1: AMD OHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
>
> uhub1: 3 ports with 3 removable, self powered
>
> pciide0 at pci1 dev 5 function 0 "CMD Technology SiI3114 SATA" rev 0x02: DMA
>
> pciide0: using irq 10 for native-PCI interrupt
>
> pciide0: port 0: device present, speed: 1.5Gb/s
>
> wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <WDC WD2500YS-01SHB0>
>
> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 239372MB, 490234752 sectors
>
> wd0(pciide0:0:0): using BIOS timings, Ultra-DMA mode 6
>
> pciide0: port 1: device present, speed: 1.5Gb/s
>
> wd1 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0: <SanDisk SDCFH-8192>
>
> wd1: 4-sector PIO, LBA, 7815MB, 16007040 sectors
>
> wd1(pciide0:1:0): using BIOS timings, DMA mode 2
>
> vga1 at pci1 dev 6 function 0 "ATI Rage XL" rev 0x27
>
> wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
>
> pcib0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 "AMD 8111 LPC" rev 0x05
>
> pciide1 at pci0 dev 7 function 1 "AMD 8111 IDE" rev 0x03: DMA, channel
> 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility
>
> pciide1: channel 0 disabled (no drives)
>
> pciide1: channel 1 disabled (no drives)
>
> "AMD 8111 SMBus" rev 0x02 at pci0 dev 7 function 2 not configured
>
> "AMD 8111 Power" rev 0x05 at pci0 dev 7 function 3 not configured
>
> ppb1 at pci0 dev 10 function 0 "AMD 8131 PCIX" rev 0x12
>
> pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
>
> bge0 at pci2 dev 9 function 0 "Broadcom BCM5704C" rev 0x03, BCM5704 A3
> (0x2003): irq 5, address 00:e0:81:45:de:28
>
> brgphy0 at bge0 phy 1: BCM5704 10/100/1000baseT PHY, rev. 0
>
> bge1 at pci2 dev 9 function 1 "Broadcom BCM5704C" rev 0x03, BCM5704 A3
> (0x2003): irq 10, address 00:e0:81:45:de:29
>
> brgphy1 at bge1 phy 1: BCM5704 10/100/1000baseT PHY, rev. 0
>
> "AMD 8131 PCIX IOAPIC" rev 0x01 at pci0 dev 10 function 1 not configured
>
> ppb2 at pci0 dev 11 function 0 "AMD 8131 PCIX" rev 0x12
>
> pci3 at ppb2 bus 1
>
> "AMD 8131 PCIX IOAPIC" rev 0x01 at pci0 dev 11 function 1 not configured
>
> pchb0 at pci0 dev 24 function 0 "AMD AMD64 HyperTransport" rev 0x00
>
> pchb1 at pci0 dev 24 function 1 "AMD AMD64 Address Map" rev 0x00
>
> pchb2 at pci0 dev 24 function 2 "AMD AMD64 DRAM Cfg" rev 0x00
>
> pchb3 at pci0 dev 24 function 3 "AMD AMD64 Misc Cfg" rev 0x00
>
> 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: reported by CPUID; using exception 16
>
> pccom0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
>
> pccom0: console
>
> pccom1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
>
> biomask ffc5 netmask ffe5 ttymask ffe7
>
> rd0: fixed, 3800 blocks
>
> dkcsum: wd0 matches BIOS drive 0x80
>
> wd1(pciide0:1:0): timeout
>
> type: ata
>
> c_bcount: 512
>
> c_skip: 0
>
> pciide0:1:0: bus-master DMA error: missing interrupt, status=0x21
>
> pciide0 channel 1: reset failed for drive 0
>
> wd1c: device timeout reading fsbn 0 (wd1 bn 0; cn 0 tn 0 sn 0), retrying
>
> pciide0:1:0: not ready, st=0xd0<BSY,DRDY,DSC>, err=0x00
>
> pciide0 channel 1: reset failed for drive 0
>
> wd1c: device timeout reading fsbn 0 (wd1 bn 0; cn 0 tn 0 sn 0), retrying
>
> pciide0:1:0: not ready, st=0xd0<BSY,DRDY,DSC>, err=0x00
>
> pciide0 channel 1: reset failed for drive 0
>
> wd1c: device timeout reading fsbn 0 (wd1 bn 0; cn 0 tn 0 sn 0), retrying
>
> pciide0:1:0: not ready, st=0xd0<BSY,DRDY,DSC>, err=0x00
>
> pciide0 channel 1: reset failed for drive 0
>
> wd1c: device timeout reading fsbn 0 (wd1 bn 0; cn 0 tn 0 sn 0), retrying
>
> pciide0:1:0: not ready, st=0xd0<BSY,DRDY,DSC>, err=0x00
>
> pciide0 channel 1: reset failed for drive 0
>
> wd1c: device timeout reading fsbn 0 (wd1 bn 0; cn 0 tn 0 sn 0), retrying
>
> pciide0:1:0: not ready, st=0xd0<BSY,DRDY,DSC>, err=0x00
>
> pciide0 channel 1: reset failed for drive 0
>
> wd1c: device timeout reading fsbn 0 (wd1 bn 0; cn 0 tn 0 sn 0)
>
> pciide0:1:0: not ready, st=0xd0<BSY,DRDY,DSC>, err=0x00
>
> pciide0 channel 1: reset failed for drive 0
>
> wd1c: device timeout reading fsbn 0 (wd1 bn 0; cn 0 tn 0 sn 0), retrying
>
> pciide0:1:0: not ready, st=0xd0<BSY,DRDY,DSC>, err=0x00
>
> pciide0 channel 1: reset failed for drive 0
>
> wd1c: device timeout reading fsbn 0 (wd1 bn 0; cn 0 tn 0 sn 0), retrying
>
> pciide0:1:0: not ready, st=0xd0<BSY,DRDY,DSC>, err=0x00
>
> pciide0 channel 1: reset failed for drive 0
>
> wd1c: device timeout reading fsbn 0 (wd1 bn 0; cn 0 tn 0 sn 0), retrying
>
> pciide0:1:0: not ready, st=0xd0<BSY,DRDY,DSC>, err=0x00
>
> pciide0 channel 1: reset failed for drive 0
>
> wd1c: device timeout reading fsbn 0 (wd1 bn 0; cn 0 tn 0 sn 0), retrying
>
> pciide0:1:0: not ready, st=0xd0<BSY,DRDY,DSC>, err=0x00
>
> pciide0 channel 1: reset failed for drive 0
>
> wd1c: device timeout reading fsbn 0 (wd1 bn 0; cn 0 tn 0 sn 0), retrying
>
> pciide0:1:0: not ready, st=0xd0<BSY,DRDY,DSC>, err=0x00
>
> pciide0 channel 1: reset failed for drive 0
>
> wd1c: device timeout reading fsbn 0 (wd1 bn 0; cn 0 tn 0 sn 0)
>
> pciide0:1:0: not ready, st=0xd0<BSY,DRDY,DSC>, err=0x00
>
> pciide0 channel 1: reset failed for drive 0
>
> wd1c: device timeout reading fsbn 0 (wd1 bn 0; cn 0 tn 0 sn 0), retrying
>
> pciide0:1:0: not ready, st=0xd0<BSY,DRDY,DSC>, err=0x00
>
> pciide0 channel 1: reset failed for drive 0
>
> wd1c: device timeout reading fsbn 0 (wd1 bn 0; cn 0 tn 0 sn 0), retrying
>
> pciide0:1:0: not ready, st=0xd0<BSY,DRDY,DSC>, err=0x00
>
> pciide0 channel 1: reset failed for drive 0
>
> wd1c: device timeout reading fsbn 0 (wd1 bn 0; cn 0 tn 0 sn 0), retrying
>
> pciide0:1:0: not ready, st=0xd0<BSY,DRDY,DSC>, err=0x00
>
> pciide0 channel 1: reset failed for drive 0
>
> wd1c: device timeout reading fsbn 0 (wd1 bn 0; cn 0 tn 0 sn 0), retrying
>
> pciide0:1:0: not ready, st=0xd0<BSY,DRDY,DSC>, err=0x00
>
> pciide0 channel 1: reset failed for drive 0
>
> wd1c: device timeout reading fsbn 0 (wd1 bn 0; cn 0 tn 0 sn 0), retrying
>
> pciide0:1:0: not ready, st=0xd0<BSY,DRDY,DSC>, err=0x00
>
> pciide0 channel 1: reset failed for drive 0
>
> wd1c: device timeout reading fsbn 0 (wd1 bn 0; cn 0 tn 0 sn 0)
>
> root on rd0a
>
> rootdev=0x1100 rrootdev=0x2f00 rawdev=0x2f02
>
> erase ^?, werase ^W, kill ^U, intr ^C, status ^T
> (I)nstall, (U)pgrade or (S)hell? i
>
> Welcome to the OpenBSD/i386 4.1 install program.
