Remote OpenBSD ssh-based install problems

[artix]

Hi,

I was trying to install OpenBSD 4.4 i386 remotely, with the help from this extremely usefull post:

http://daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=526

My hd config: /dev/hd0 (with ubuntu) and /dev/hd1 (for openbsd)

I've succeeded in all steps since i have access to a remote recovery system:
- dd yaifo.fs to /dev/hd1 and changed grub menu.lst
- access openbsd boot image through ssh with success
- installed openbsd to /dev/hd1 with success

however, after rebooting, i can't access openbsd anymore. very strange since It should have the same config as the boot image.

Any ideas are welcome...

Of course I can have a remote console connected to the server but that costs money

[jggimi]

I can't speak to the howto, as it depends on GRUB and Yaifo.

...Any ideas are welcome...

I'd do a standard installation of OpenBSD in a virtual machine under Ubuntu, attaching the second hard drive (/dev/hd1) to the VM.

Here's an example for Ubuntu, using qemu. Replace <whatever> with the raw device node for /dev/hd1. I don't use Linux often enough to know what that is:

# qemu -boot d -cdrom cd44.iso <whatever>

Let the standard install run, creating the MBR and installing the OS on the device. Then modify your GRUB configuration to allow a boot of the second hard drive. I can't guide you for that, as I don't speak Grubbish. If you let the install script "dedicate the drive to OpenBSD" the MBR will have a single active partition in the last slot (#3 if you use partitions 0-3, or #4 if you use partitions 1-4).

[artix]

I've already did that before testing on the remote server... tested it on Vmware server, and it worked.

I'll try to get the dmesg from OpenBSD (it logs it to /var/log/messages right?) from the rescue system.

[artix]

Here's the log, it seems it was stucked on the last line:



Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: OpenBSD 4.4 (GENERIC) #1021: Tue Aug 12 17:16:55 MDT 2008
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: deraadt@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: cpu0: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3800+ ("AuthenticAMD" 686-class, 512KB L2 cache) 2.40 GHz
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,P GE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SSE 3
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: cpu0: AMD erratum 89 present, BIOS upgrade may be required
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: real mem = 1072263168 (1022MB)
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: avail mem = 1028403200 (980MB)
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: mainbus0 at root
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 05/10/06, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfb020, SMBIOS rev. 2.3 @ 0xf0000 (36 entries)
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: bios0: vendor Phoenix Technologies, LTD version "6.00 PG" date 05/10/2006
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: bios0: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD MS-7094
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2 (slowidle)
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: apm0: AC on, battery charge unknown
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: acpi at bios0 function 0x0 not configured
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xf0000/0xd5d4
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xfd500/192 (10 entries)
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: pcibios0: PCI Exclusive IRQs: 10 11 12
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:17:0 ("VIA VT82C596A ISA" rev 0x00)
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: pcibios0: PCI bus #1 is the last bus
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0x9800 0xcc000/0x8000! 0xd4000/0x1000 0xd5000/0x4c00!
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: cpu0 at mainbus0
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios)
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "VIA K8HTB Host" rev 0x00
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: pchb1 at pci0 dev 0 function 1 "VIA K8HTB Host" rev 0x00
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: pchb2 at pci0 dev 0 function 2 "VIA K8HTB Host" rev 0x00
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: pchb3 at pci0 dev 0 function 3 "VIA K8HTB Host" rev 0x00
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: pchb4 at pci0 dev 0 function 4 "VIA K8HTB Host" rev 0x00
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: pchb5 at pci0 dev 0 function 7 "VIA K8HTB Host" rev 0x00
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "VIA K8HTB AGP" rev 0x00
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "NVIDIA Vanta" rev 0x15
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: agp0 at vga1: v3, aperture at 0xf0000000, size 0x10000000
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: drm at vga1 unsupported
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: re0 at pci0 dev 13 function 0 "Realtek 8169" rev 0x10: RTL8169/8110SB (0x1000), irq 10, address 00:16:17:99:d3:a9
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: rgephy0 at re0 phy 7: RTL8169S/8110S PHY, rev. 3
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: pciide0 at pci0 dev 15 function 0 "VIA VT6420 SATA" rev 0x80: DMA
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: pciide0: using irq 11 for native-PCI interrupt
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <SAMSUNG HD160JJ>
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 152627MB, 312581808 sectors
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: wd1 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0: <SAMSUNG HD160JJ>
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: wd1: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 152627MB, 312581808 sectors
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: wd1(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: pciide1 at pci0 dev 15 function 1 "VIA VT82C571 IDE" rev 0x06: ATA133, channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1
configured to compatibility
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: pciide1: channel 0 disabled (no drives)
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: pciide1: channel 1 disabled (no drives)
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: uhci0 at pci0 dev 16 function 0 "VIA VT83C572 USB" rev 0x81: irq 10
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: uhci1 at pci0 dev 16 function 1 "VIA VT83C572 USB" rev 0x81: irq 10
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: uhci2 at pci0 dev 16 function 2 "VIA VT83C572 USB" rev 0x81: irq 11
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: uhci3 at pci0 dev 16 function 3 "VIA VT83C572 USB" rev 0x81: irq 11
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: ehci0 at pci0 dev 16 function 4 "VIA VT6202 USB" rev 0x86: irq 12
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: uhub0 at usb0 "VIA EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: viapm0 at pci0 dev 17 function 0 "VIA VT8237 ISA" rev 0x00
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: iic0 at viapm0
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: iic0: addr 0x2f 00=02 01=0f 02=00 03=01 04=07 05=00 06=18 07=00 08=00 14=14 15=62 16=02 17=05 words 00=02ff 01=0fff 02=
00ff 03=01ff 04=07ff 05=00ff 06=18ff 07=00ff
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 1GB DDR SDRAM non-parity PC3200CL3.0
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: pchb6 at pci0 dev 24 function 0 "AMD AMD64 0Fh HyperTransport" rev 0x00
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: pchb7 at pci0 dev 24 function 1 "AMD AMD64 0Fh Address Map" rev 0x00
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: pchb8 at pci0 dev 24 function 2 "AMD AMD64 0Fh DRAM Cfg" rev 0x00
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: kate0 at pci0 dev 24 function 3 "AMD AMD64 0Fh Misc Cfg" rev 0x00
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: usb1 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: uhub1 at usb1 "VIA UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: usb2 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: uhub2 at usb2 "VIA UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: usb3 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: uhub3 at usb3 "VIA UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: usb4 at uhci3: USB revision 1.0
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: uhub4 at usb4 "VIA UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: isa0 at mainbus0
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: isadma0 at isa0
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker>
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: spkr0 at pcppi0
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: wbsio0 at isa0 port 0x2e/2: W83627THF rev 0x83
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: lm1 at wbsio0 port 0x290/8: W83627THF
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: biomask ff65 netmask ff65 ttymask ffff
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: softraid0 at root
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: root on wd1a swap on wd1b dump on wd1b
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo /bsd: WARNING: / was not properly unmounted
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo ntpd[1445]: could not parse "pool.ntp.org": non-recoverable failure in name resolution
Mar 12 14:30:18 voodoo savecore: no core dump
Mar 12 14:35:18 voodoo ntpd[16853]: 0 out of 1 peers valid
Mar 12 14:35:18 voodoo ntpd[16853]: bad peer from pool pool.ntp.org (not resolved)

[artix]

How could I mount openbsd partition read-write? I would try to disable ntpd to see if it was the problem...

[jggimi]

I can't tell anything about the reason for your hanging system. All I can tell is that appears to have entered multiuser mode, as you have messages that would come from rc(8), and that your network is misconfigured.

As I stated, I would install and configure a complete working system in a virtual machine.

More detailed information can be found in /var/run/dmesg.boot. See dmesg(8).

[artix]

I've managed to got the server installed remotely. I think there was a problem with yaifo script... It didn't created the gateway.
I changed it and it worked! A nice clean install of openbsd 4.4.

Thanks for your help.

[marc]

I personally prefer to use USB drive with bsd.rd and packages from the CD set.