Subject: Re: attempted netbsd installs
To: Ben Collver <collver1@comcast.net>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 11/23/2003 14:34:19
On Sat, Nov 22, 2003 at 03:19:21PM -0800, Ben Collver wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 22, 2003 at 01:11:57PM -0800, Ben Collver wrote:
> > After more testing I found a pattern:
> > 	* boot from net, hard drive attaches
> > 	* boot from cd, hard drive does not attach
> > 	* tried both with DELAY values 20, 2000, 4000, and 20000
> > 
> > I would like to see this resolved and boot off the CD.
> > Do you have an idea of what to try next?
> 
> I reverted the DELAY in both places back to 20, and set wdcdebug_mask to
> 0x10, and specifically booted from cdrom.  The hard drive attached.
> 
> For fun here's a table:
> 
> boot	delay	debug	attach?
> ----	-----	-----	-------
> net	20	no	yes
> net	2000	no	yes
> net	4000	no	yes
> net	20000	no	yes
> cdrom	20	no	no
> cdrom	2000	no	no
> cdrom	4000	no	no
> cdrom	20000	no	no
> net	20	yes	yes
> cdrom	20	yes	yes

As with debug it attaches, it's a timing problem. Could you try to enable each
printf individually to see which one cause the drive to attach ?

-- 
Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 24 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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