tags 360072 moreinfo stop On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 02:00:46PM +0100, Juliet Kemp wrote: > On bootup, the machine recognises the SCSI drives & controller in their > proper locations, then output is as follows: > > Begin: Mounting root file systems > Begin: Running /scripts/local-top > Done. > ALERT! /dev/sda2 does not exist. Dropping to a shell! > > The BusyBox shell then starts & gives a prompt. 5-10 secs later this > output is generated: > > SCSI device sda: 143374650 512-byte hdwr sectors (73408MB) > SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back > SCSI device sda: 143374650 512-byte hdwr sectors (73408MB) > SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back > sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 < sda5 > > > then similar output for sdb. > > Hitting return after this gives a BusyBox prompt; then typing exit exits > from the shell & boot continues without further issues. (although note > that if you didn't know this was possible, there is no indication that > this will succeed). > > i.e. it looks as if there is an ordering/timing problem with the > recognition/pickup of the drives. > > Drives are Seagate ST373207LW (both 73GB); controller is Adaptec AIC7902 > Ultra320 SCSI adapter (driver is ACI79XX PCI-X SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev > 1.3.11). > > I'd be happy to provide more information/logs etc.
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