Installation CD disabled during boot

[Niall O'Reilly]

Hi.

I'm trying to install 6.1.4 from CD loaded in an external drive
connected to a USB3 port. Boot menu appears as expected with 4
options (just install, install with ACPI disabled, install with
both ACPI and SMP disabled, exit to boot loader CLI). Whichever
of the first 3 options I pick, just after wd0 is found, the
message

uhub0: device problem, disabling port 1

appears. Since this is where the optical drive is connected,
installation can't proceed.

This problem seems to me as if it may be related to that
described at http://gnats.netbsd.org/46696

I've tried disabling USB3 support in the BIOS, but to no avail.
Is there something I may g=have overlooked, or should I report
a bug?

Best regards,
Niall O'Reilly

[Masanobu SAITOH]

Hi.

Post by Niall O'Reilly
Hi.
I'm trying to install 6.1.4 from CD loaded in an external drive
connected to a USB3 port. Boot menu appears as expected with 4
options (just install, install with ACPI disabled, install with
both ACPI and SMP disabled, exit to boot loader CLI). Whichever
of the first 3 options I pick, just after wd0 is found, the
message
uhub0: device problem, disabling port 1
appears. Since this is where the optical drive is connected,
installation can't proceed.
This problem seems to me as if it may be related to that
described at http://gnats.netbsd.org/46696

As the audit trail of this PR is saying, the PR was fixed and
pulled up to netbsd-6 branch. So if your problem is the same as
this PR, binary snapshot of netbsd-6 branch have no this problem.

http://nyftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-6/

NetBSD 6.2 will be released on this branch.

Could you try a snapshot?

Post by Niall O'Reilly
I've tried disabling USB3 support in the BIOS, but to no avail.
Is there something I may g=have overlooked, or should I report
a bug?
Best regards,
Niall O'Reilly

[Niall O'Reilly]

At Tue, 16 Sep 2014 13:22:23 +0900,

Post by Masanobu SAITOH
Hi.

[...]

Post by Masanobu SAITOH
As the audit trail of this PR is saying, the PR was fixed and
pulled up to netbsd-6 branch. So if your problem is the same as
this PR, binary snapshot of netbsd-6 branch have no this problem.
http://nyftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-6/
NetBSD 6.2 will be released on this branch.
Could you try a snapshot?

Thanks for suggesting a next step for me.

If I've understood correctly, you mean that the problem is fixed,
but in a parallel branch to 6.1.4. Is that it?

I'll try to do what you suggest over the next week or so.

Best regards,
Niall O'Reilly

[SAITOH Masanobu]

Post by Niall O'Reilly
At Tue, 16 Sep 2014 13:22:23 +0900,

Post by Masanobu SAITOH
Hi.

[...]

Post by Masanobu SAITOH
As the audit trail of this PR is saying, the PR was fixed and
pulled up to netbsd-6 branch. So if your problem is the same as
this PR, binary snapshot of netbsd-6 branch have no this problem.
http://nyftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-6/
NetBSD 6.2 will be released on this branch.
Could you try a snapshot?

Thanks for suggesting a next step for me.
If I've understood correctly, you mean that the problem is fixed,
but in a parallel branch to 6.1.4. Is that it?

Yes, that is (if your problem is the same as PR#46696).
I think it's worth to try.


+---+---......----+---> netbsd-6-0 branch
/ 6.0.1 6.0.5
/
/ +--+---....-----+---> netbsd-6-1 branch
/ / 6.1.1 6.1.4
/ /
+----+----+----------*-----------> netbsd-6 branch
/ 6.0 6.1 pullup
/ PR#46696's fix
/
---+--------------------*--------------> maintrunk
PR#46696
fix

Post by Niall O'Reilly
I'll try to do what you suggest over the next week or so.
Best regards,
Niall O'Reilly

[Niall O'Reilly]

At Tue, 16 Sep 2014 13:22:23 +0900,

Post by Masanobu SAITOH
As the audit trail of this PR is saying, the PR was fixed and
pulled up to netbsd-6 branch. So if your problem is the same as
this PR, binary snapshot of netbsd-6 branch have no this problem.
http://nyftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-6/
NetBSD 6.2 will be released on this branch.
Could you try a snapshot?

I built a bootable USB stick (interesting learning process!) and set
it up to use the 201409131410Z netbsd-INSTALL kernel and had the
same experience: USB is disabled just as before, so the expected
/dev/sd0a isn't found.

If I've understood correctly, one of the following must be true:

- this problem is different from PR 46696 (possible);

- somehow, the fix to 46696 isn't included in snapshot 201409131410Z
(unlikely, I suppose); or

- I've made a mistake (quite possible).

As it seems that my hardware and NetBSD aren't mutually compatible,
I'll need to take a different approach.

Thanks for your help.

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Niall O'Reilly