Re: ROOT MOUNT ERROR: booting from a built-in flash reader

On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:00:46 +0200 Alexander Motin wrote:
> Boris Samorodov wrote:

> > I've got a EEEPC-1000 and boot FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT i386 r202342
> > from a SDHC card inserted into the built-in flash reader. The OS
> > stops while mounting a root filesystem and prompts for a manual
> > root filesystem specification.
> > 
> > The da0 disk appears at the system console just after the 
> > "mountroot>" propmt. If I type ufs:/dev/da0s1a the boot proceeds.
> > 
> > Are there any patches for testing? ;-)

> Now I am working on a new scan routine for CAM. I'll probably publish
> patches in a few days. If your card reader (AFAIK there are USB-based
> one)

Yes, it's the USD device.

> will be able to register it's SCSI bus to CAM before the rest of
> CAM-supported controllers (for example, ata(4) with ATA_CAM) finish
> their scan, new routine will manage system waiting for it also. It not -
> it will be a another question.

OK, I'll wait for your patches, thanks.

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