Re: Prepping to install: a digression

[christos%astron.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

In article <55A43D0B.6030208%hiwaay.net@localhost>,
William A. Mahaffey III <wam%hiwaay.net@localhost> wrote:
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>On 07/13/15 11:12, Christos Zoulas wrote:
>> In article <55A3D796.60808%hiwaay.net@localhost>,
>> William A. Mahaffey III <wam%hiwaay.net@localhost> wrote:
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>> [stuff deleted]
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>>> Anything on this, anyone ? I am (re-)reading the online raidctl &
>>> installboot man pages, but I am out of ideas for now .... Any more info
>>> needed, please ask, & *any* help appreciated, I am stuck :-( ....
>> Did the raid autoconfigure at this point? If it did, then you could boot -a
>> and enter raid0a for the root device. Then you can try to to make raid
>> autoconfigure root... What does raidctl -s raid0 say?
>>
>> christos
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>Thanks for the reply. I tried the 'boot -a'. It got down to the following:
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>boot device: wd0
>root device (default wd0a):
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>When I tried to type in 'raid0a', it added 'pckbport_start: command 
>error' & hung.
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>i.e. it now says:
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>boot device: wd0
>root device (default wd0a): pckbport_start: command error
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>with the cursor right below that line & not responding.
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>The RAID devices all autoconfigured OK, AFAICT, all 3 were mentioned, 
>showed the component partitions, had the right sizes, etc. i.e. it 
>looked AOK to me. The lines from the RAID device recognition were right 
>before the above 'boot device' line. I then powered off, put the install 
>USB stick in & powered up. I bumped over into the shell & executed 
>'raidctl -s raid0 > LIST.raid0.new.txt', which I attach. If you need 
>*anything* else, please don't hesitate. Thanks again & TIA for any new 
>clues.
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>P.S. As mentioned elsewhere, I have had trouble w/ raidctl -A root 
>before, so I haven't gone there yet. Is that actually required for boot 
>from root on RAID (man pages seem ambiguous on that point) ?

Yes, this is required for booting from raid. I am wondering why the
keyboard is not functional for you. Try raidctl -A softroot <device>

christos