Re: [9fans] SATA controller found by kernel but not 9load

[erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>]

On Tue Nov 20 20:14:16 EST 2007, anothy@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm not sure if 9loadsb600 is far enough along for bug reports to be
> useful, but here you go.
> 
> It gets significantly further than it had been. Far enough that it
> looks as though 9load's work might be done: it finds my plan9.ini and
> loads the kernel indicated (both on a 9fat partition on sdE0).
> 
> Now, however, my booted kernels can't find their root partition on the
> disk. They display the expected message about finding the sb600, but
> attempts to boot off local!#S/sdE0/fossil return errors about not
> being able to find the server. I'm certain that there's a valid fossil
> partition there (I can mount it while booted off the CD). More
> digging.

hey!  good deal.  i think you were having a problem with the serial
controller.  i don't understand why this is, but i was having the
same problem on my guinea pig machine.

i would think that 9load has done it's job successfully.  but somehow,
fossil is not configured correctly.  i would be interested in the output
of fossil/flconf when booted from the cd.  can you mount fossil when
you boot from cd?

one final question. how many sata drives do you have (including cdroms)?

- erik