da8: reading primary partition table: error accessing offset when installing from USB to SSD on Thinkpad X220

[Justin Sherrill]

Good lord, that's a lot of text.  It sounds like your bios are seeing
the drive to boot from, but not mounting it correctly.  There's a mix
of USB ports on the x220 models.  Can you try different USB ports and
see what that changes?

If you can burn a DragonFly ISO image to CD and use a USB CDROM drive,
you should be able to boot from that.  I think I did just that with a
x220 some time ago.

If you can burn a CD and boot a different computer with it, there's a
netboot server option that will let you PXEboot and install over the
network, which works surprisingly well - and is how I got a different
machine without CDROM to install some time ago.

On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 10:56 PM, Ward H <wardh6973 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all! First-time poster, fairly long-time lurker. I'm all new to
> DragonFly BSD, but not entirely to the BSDs as a whole. I had OpenBSD
> 5.4 on an HP G20 with an 80 GB HDD which got ridiculously hot. I
> killed it by disassembling it and reassembling it incorrectly so I
> could clean out the fans and filters. Right now I have OpenBSD on an
> old Dell Latitude D810 with an IDE and just a10/100 Ethernet
> connection, as well as half of a Lenovo all-in-one hard drive with
> Slackware Linux 14.1, and a custom desktop with FreeBSD 9.2. I'm not
> exactly a rank amateur, but I am still learning quite a bit, and I'm
> always willing to dig very deep into the system and fix whatever
> problems are there.
>
> As I said in the subject line, I'm having some trouble getting a
> DragonFly BSD image file (64-bit 4.0.2 release, from the Downloads
> section just off the main page) to install from a known working USB
> stick to a fresh SSD (just bought it two weeks ago). I formatted the
> USB stick in Windows 7 (still not quite comfortable enough to do it in
> a Unix-like environment, but I want to change that soon!) in FAT32 - I
> don't remember the block size, but it's possible that might be part of
> the issue - and copied the image to the USB stick using Rawrite32. I
> got that program from one of the folders in the untarred NetBSD 6.1.5
> that I had on the previous internal storage on this same laptop (the
> drive was a Hitachi 320 GB HDD) and had used it successfully before
> with that same NetBSD 6.1.5 (though I never could get modular Xorg
> from pkgsrc to work), after changing the "UEFI BIOS" (ha) settings to
> Legacy Only and changing the boot order so the USB ports (2 USB 2's on
> the left, one USB 3 on the right) came before the internal drive and
> all the other things that the BIOS recognizes, but that I'm unlikely
> to use. I also managed to disable PXE Boot, which was getting in the
> way, at best. I still have no clue how to use it, so I thought, best
> to just not.
>
> My aim with this laptop is to use it as a mobile workstation to learn
> a whole bunch of basic skills, possibly even help out with projects if
> possible (starting with patching or porting, I guess?) I've only been
> heavily working on learning all the things I'm interested in for the
> past eight or nine months, all on my own with dangerously out of date
> advice on blogs and such, with considerably more up-to-date
> information in the various BSD wikis, and even the occasional
> dead-tree book (Absolute OpenBSD second edition, Absolute FreeBSD
> second edition, which is kind of out of date and very server-centric,
> and Unix Power Tools, which so far has been the best investment
> regarding page-to-dollar ratio for my books so far). What I want to do
> is become a good system administrator, even if only for my own
> edification.
>
> In a cost-free or low-cost world, I would be going to school for a
> second Bachelor's, the second time around for a BS in Computer
> Science. I've got a Master's in English, and I don't regret it for a
> moment; I'm just working on shifting careers to system administration
> and systems level programming and have no clue exactly how to get back
> to school with credit as lousy as mine (financial aid now must be in
> good standing for people to receive it, and you cannot go to any
> college - even if you know you're paying for it yourself), but knowing
> that I really need and want to. So the alternative seems to be- work
> on software projects, get involved in the community, get
> certifications. I would have done all that regardless of my status as
> a student, but it's just much more obvious right now. Sorry, I'm
> rambling.... I tend to do that from time to time.
>
> Specifically, I want to learn proper backups for various sized systems
> (starting with the laptop and working up; probably using virtualized
> instances for the larger ones), TCP/IP networking (which kind of gives
> me fits), virtualization (as I previously mentioned), how to use
> DPorts, especially if or when to use compile-time options when I'm
> making and installing various programs, various programming languages,
> especially C, Common Lisp (SBCL implementation - I have a serious soft
> spot for Common Lisp), Python (I prefer 2.x), perhaps Perl, Haskell,
> Erlang or others as they catch my fancy, how to administer databases
> (perhaps towards a DBA - hopefully not with Oracle or MS, but who
> knows) using PosgreSQL (I know less about it but like it what I know a
> lot), MySQL/MariaDB (I have a large book on the former which to date
> is my only reasonably-sized source of information on that language),
> or other SQLs (SQLite?), maybe some assembly, compiling kernels with
> correct options for my circumstances, using virtual kernels (probably
> much later!), and, if there's anyone out there who knows how to use
> the Hercules mainframe emulator, get some help firing that emulator up
> and running one of the os/390 DASD volumes from the official Hercules
> site or from another source (I'd use it to learn all that mainframey
> stuff - JCL, mainframe virtualization, whatever stood in for DB2 in
> that old OS, maybe even COBOL; I've got a sick fascination with those
> lumbering behemoths the mainframes). All this is quite a list, I know.
> The first step, of course, is to get DragonFly on the laptop, so, I'm
> going to list my hardware and the errors I received when I tried to
> install it.
>
> As I mentioned much earlier, this particular laptop is a Lenovo
> Thinkpad X220 Laptop , convertible to a tablet. The BIOS lists itself
> as UEFI BIOS, which I know doesn't make any sense, but, there we are.
>
> UEFI BIOS version is 8DET69WW (1.39), UEFI BIOS date (year/month/date)
> is 2013-07-18, Embedded Controller version is 8ZHT34WW (1.24), Machine
> Type Model is 4298W49, there is no Asset Tag, the CPU Type is Intel
> Core i5-2520M CPU, CPU Speed is 2.50GHz, Installed Memory is 4096MB.
>
> The X220 has no optical drive and doesn't seem to have space to put
> one in. There is an Express Card port, one of the larger ones (should
> I even bother with it? It seems to be a pretty unpopular plug format
> and I have no idea what kind of support I could get with, say, a
> two-port eSATA Express Card adapter), and an SD Card reader, as well
> as the previously mentioned USB ports.
>
> I've changed a few of the options in the BIOS and kept a few the same.
> Here are some I think may help to change:
>
> USB UEFI BIOS Support is Enabled (I kept it on because I heard that if
> you turn off this option with this model, you turn off all the USB
> functionality; not what I want to do), the SATA Controller Mode Option
> setting is on Compatibility; the other choice is AHCI Mode; Core
> Multiprocessing is Enabled, Intel Hyper-Threading Technology is
> Enabled, Intel AMT Control is Enabled with CIRA Timeout of 0 and
> Console Type of VT100+. UEFI BIOS Updating By End Users is Enabled,
> Flash Over Lan is Disabled. Execution Protection is Disabled, Intel
> Virtualization Technology and Intel VT-d Feature are both Disabled.
>
> Every option is Enabled for I/O Port Access
>
> The Boot Priority Order is (when the USB Device is plugged in- doesn't
> matter which port):
> 1. USB HDD Kingston Data Traveller G3
> 2. ATA HDD0 Intel SSD SC2BW2404A
> 3. USB CD
> 4. USB FDD
> 5. ATAPI CD0
> 6. ATA HDD2
> 7. ATA HDD1
> 8. ATAPI CD1
> 9. ATAPI CD2
> 10. ATA HDD3
> 11. ATA HDD4
> 12. PCI LAN
>
> Network Boot is set to ATAPI CD0, which was the only option I could
> choose for some reason
>
> UEFI/Legacy Boot is set to Legacy Only, the other options being UEFI
> Only, Both, Legacy First or UEFI First
> Boot Order Lock is Disabled and Reserve Memory for UEFI Boot Manager is Disabled
>
> What follows is what output I could hand-copy from the failed root
> mount on my screen -
>
>
> Device Manager Version 4.16.0
>
> Reading the USB boot device as da8
>
> da8 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
> da8:<Kingston DataTraveller G3 PMAP> Removable Direct Access SCSI-4 device
> da8: 40.000 MB/s transfers
> da8: 30348 MB (62152704 512 byte sectors: 255H 63 S/T 3868C)
> ugen0.4: <Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.> at usbus0
> no B_DEVMAGIC (bootdev=0)
> Device Mapper version 4.16.0 loaded
> dm_target_error: Successfully initialized
> dm_target_zero: Successfully initialized
> da8: reading primary partition table : error accessing offset
> 000000000000 for 512
> Mounting root from ufs:da8s1a
> no disk named 'da8s1a'
> setrootbyname failed
> ffs_rootmount: can't find rootvp
> Root mount failed: 6
>
> Manual Root Filesystem specification:
> <fstype>:<device> Specify root (e.g. ufs:da0s1a)
> ? List valid disk boot devices
> panic       Just Panic
> abort        Abort manual input
> mountroot >
>
>
> So that's all I get. I have looked up the error previously on the
> DragonFly mailing list archives and was under the impression that it
> was fixed, but perhaps I have a version without the fix. From what I
> recall of the thread, the issue is that da1-7 is reserved for SCSI
> devices and the Device Manager (I guess?) therefore reads the first
> USB device as da8. Problem being that the bootstrap process needs the
> device to be da0. Again, I think. Maybe I'm way off.
>
> I attempted to manually specify the root filesystem. I always used
> "ufs:" at the beginning, obviously without the quotes, and attempted
> with vn0, vn2, vn3, md0, md0s0, ad0, ad0s0, ad0s1, da0, da0s1, da1,
> da2, da8s0, da8s1, and sg8. Barring ufs:da8 and ufs:md0,, which I'll
> mention in a moment, all the others showed error Root mount failed,
> with different numbers. The vn's and ad0 failed with 22, all of the
> *s0 devices failed with 19, sg8 failed with 45, and ad0s1 and all of
> the da* devices failed with 6.
>
> md0 failed with the following lines:
> disk scheduler: set policy of md1 to noop
> md1: Malloc disk
> Root mount failed: 22
>
> da8 failed with the following lines:
> Mounting root from ufs:da8
> da8: open removal media: no media present
> can't re-use a leaf (0019E06B9C8ABB91E7030032)!
> Root mount failed: 5
>
>
> I then used ufs:mapper/control and received the following information:
> Mounting root from ufs:mapper/control
>
> Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
> cpuid = 0; lapic -> id = 00000000
> fault virtual address                   = 0x168
> fault code                                   = supervisor read data,
> page not present
> instruction pointer                     = 0x8:0xffffffff805d924c
> stack pointer                             = 0x10:0xffffffff81ca9560
> frame pointer                            = 0x10:0xffffffff81ca95c0
> code segment                          = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b
>                                                    = DPL 0, pres 1, long 1,
>                                                       def32 0, gran 1
> processor eflags                      = interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL = 0
> current process                        = 0
> current thread                           = pri 12
> kernel: type 12 trap, code=0
>
> CPU0 stopping CPUS: 0x0000000e
>              stopped
> Stopped at                  lockmgr+0x6c:      orl      (%rax),%r14d
>
> db>
>
>
>
> So that's where I get stuck. After I use mapper/control, I can't even
> panic any more, I just have to hold down the power button on the
> laptop until it shuts off.
>
> Whatever I need to do to get this onto the SSD, I'm willing to take
> those steps. If that involves flashing the BIOS, I will do that. If it
> involves booting from an optical drive, I will do that (it will take a
> bit longer to get the equipment together to do it, but I will). Or if
> there's some way to do it with PXE Boot..... though when I start
> thinking about that, I realize it's probably way more trouble than
> it's worth.
>
> Also, a few closing quick questions: This laptop's UEFI seems to be a
> pretty poor implementation (errr....unless they're all so quirky), and
> I know that so far there's not really a UEFI-native option for
> FreeBSD. Should I do what the FreeBSD Handbook recommends - boot with
> Legacy Only and use the GPT option during setup - on DragonFly, or
> just MBR, or boot UEFI Only?
>
> Are there any special considerations I should be aware of for SSDs
> with regards to installation? Do I need to do manual offsets, or
> something?
>
> With my plans in mind, and knowing my laptop's capabilities, do you
> folks think I should use HAMMER or UFS? I'm really hoping to use
> HAMMER, because I am very impressed with it and want to dig in as much
> as I can.
>
> Sorry for the novel folks! I usually am this verbose, but have less
> text specifically to put into one message. Thank you to everyone on
> the lists, and I hope I can be of some assistance in the times to
> come, if only as a tester for DragonFly.
>
> Ward