mkay, is that scsi driver compiled as a module, or is it
compiled into
the kernel? you're not clear on that one. make sure you have
ext3
support compiled also. i would also try and pass
root=/dev/sda [or
whatever your drive reports as] to the kernel.
as a sidenote, grub introduces major imporvements to the
whole
bootloader realm, just the shell alone is worth a look.
GG
On 9/17/05, Smith, Albert <Albert.Smith genexservices.com> wrote:
> From: redhat-list-bouncesredhat.com on behalf of
Barry L. Bond
> Sent: Sat 9/17/2005 10:11 AM
> To: redhat-listredhat.com
> Subject: Fedora Core 4, new kernel endeavor. Bug? How
to work-around?
>
>
>
> Greetings!
>
> I want to do things properly, even though I am
rushed, so I am asking
> for other people's opinions and assistance to assure
that I do the right
> thing.
>
> Here's the highlights...
>
> I just installed Fedora Core 4. I am booting off
a SCSI disk, and
> the Fedora Core (2.6.11) kernel *is* booting and
working (after about a
> week) perfectly, so far as I know at the moment.
>
> However, I need a new kernel. I have a Cyclades
16-port serial card,
> and I have many devices throughout the house
(terminals, a weather station,
> X-10 power controller, a UPS that communicates to two
computers through
> one of the serial connections, etc.) that I need to get
working again as
> quickly as possible.
>
> I wasn't extremely surprised that I was unable to
compile the FC4
> kernel sources -- even without making a single change!
But, as I've done
> in the past, I got the 2.6.13 kernel off
www.kernel.org, and I made my
> kernel and it compiled on the first try.
>
> However, I was used to LILO, and now I have GRUB.
GRUB does seem to
> be an improvement over LILO, so I don't mind learning
it.
>
> I have been unable to boot off my new kernel.
(But, I just have the
> FC4 kernel still there, and I am able to boot off it,
and be just fine
> again, if [whew!] the new one panics.)
>
> I'm having trouble with mkinitrd. The FC4 kernel
has aic7xxx as a
> module. My new kernel, I am including the new aic7xxx
driver, included in
> the kernel. (It is a check mark, instead of a dot.)
>
> I am unable to just run mkinitrd -f
/boot/initrd-2.6.13.img 2.6.13,
> but I am able to run it with certain additional options
(--builtin=aic7xxx
> works, --omit-scsi-modules works, etc.). However, my
new kernel always
> panics, after what looks like a very promising start (a
penguin in the
> upper-left-hand corner of the monitor, and the normal
boot kernel and
> initrd messages, etc.).
>
> The two messages I've seen (at the kernel panic)
so far are:
>
> mkrootdev: label /1 not found
>
> ...and...
>
> mount: error 6 mounting ext3
>
> I have been googling and I have tried various
things, and I'm not
> there yet. (You can see it's quite, well, now EARLY on
Saturday morning,
> and I do need to get to bed!)
>
> I see it *may* be a bug or a "glitch"
but not I'm not positive. (For
> example, the Digital Hermit - Kernel-Build-HOWTO says
on page 13 "At this
> writing there are some issues with the modules.conf
when moving from 2.4
> to 2.6 kernels. Some module names have changed which
seem to cause
> glitches with initrd." My modules.conf file does
have "alias
> scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx" in it...)
>
> Yes, I need this quickly. But, I also want to
assure that I do
> things correctly.
>
> If someone can give me a suggestion on what,
specifically, to run, I
> will GLADLY do that, and I'll do my best to get you the
output of the
> command, and tell you what goes on as I try them.
>
> Whatever questions you have, ask them, and I'll do
my best to answer!
> (I am so beyond tired, I'm just not thinking very
clearly. I've been up
> almost 24 hours.)
>
> Thank you!
>
> Barry
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> Why could you not compile your current kernel? Do you
have kernel-devel rpm installed? I would also do an up2date
and get the latest mkinitrd as I have been seeing some
problems with upgrading from kernel 2.4.x to 2.6.x on my EL3
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