Hi all,
Following up with additional info...
I wondered how the stock bootonly ISO from ftp.freebsd.org would behave
when booted via PXE since this is how the images will ultimately be
delivered. While the error appears different, in that there doesn't seem
to be an issue with the USB driver, the media is unable to mount root and
fails consistently on each boot, unlike the sporadic behavior when booted
via virtual media described in the thread below.
I have a few snapshots of the behavior in this scenario:
http://www.hostileadmin.com/images/pxe_mountroot_error1.png
http://www.hostileadmin.com/images/pxe_mountroot_error2.png
Here are the available geom devices:
http://www.hostileadmin.com/images/pxe_mountroot_geom_devs.png
I've communicated with someone who opened Bug 190939
<https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=190939> (
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=190939) to which this
seems eerily similar. Though I am unable to conclusively identify whether
or not it's the same.
I also burned the ISO to physical media and booted it. The first attempt
to boot was successful with no odd behavior, but the behavior on the 2nd
and 3rd attempts differed at the loader prompt with the timer. Output was
sent to the screen[1] and it expected either "menu" or
"boot" followed by
ENTER to boot to the media. Beyond that, the media booted fine. Would
this signal a potential issue with the ISO itself?
[1] http://www.hostileadmin.com/images/freebsd_bootonly_media.jpg
On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 9:55 AM, Rick Miller <vmiller at hostileadmin.com>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The FreeBSD 10.0 bootonly ISO is sporadically unable to boot on the DL360p
> G8 running BIOS P-71 8/20/2012. I initially thought this was due to
> customizations being developed into the ISO until a stock ISO from
> ftp.freebsd.org was tested and also exhibited the same behavior
> suggesting there may be a more low level problem afoot. Oddly enough, the
> ISO booted on the first attempt on two different chassis' while two
> subsequent attempts failed as described in the screenshots below. On a
> third attempt, both DL360s did boot the ISO and I was able to perform an OS
> installation. It is worth noting here that the ISO is being mounted on the
> chassis via the "virtual media" feature of the iLO.
>
> Hoping that someone has experience with FreeBSD 10.0 on the DL360p G8
> and/or seen anything similar and know a workaround/fix? Is it more likely
> behavior caused by the environment or a bug? In addition to the snapshots,
> I captured dmesg output from a successful boot which is linked to below.
>
> I checked/tested the following:
>
> * Ensure /etc/fstab contains an entry suitable for booting the ISO
> * Ensured AHCI was disabled on the storage controller
> * Setting vfs.root.mountfrom and vfs.root.mountfrom.options as appropriate
>
> I have considered updating the firmware provided a newer version exists,
> but have yet to do so.
>
> ### Snapshots & dmesg output
>
> The first snapshot shows the initial cam probe error, while the second
> snapshot shows a number of retries. It stops after 5 failed retries.
>
> http://www.hostileadmin.com/images/mountroot_error_warning.png
> http://www.hostileadmin.com/images/mountroot_error_out.png
> http://www.hostileadmin.com/logs/dmesg.out
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Take care
> Rick Miller
>
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Take care
Rick Miller