more information on DAC960 problems. ring any bells for anyone? ----- Forwarded message from Laurent Bonnaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----
> Date: 14 Nov 2001 21:00:50 +0100 > From: Laurent Bonnaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Bug#111315: grub: problem with DAC960, kernel 2.4 and initrd > > > Hi, > > here are the results of my latest experiments: > > - grub 0.90-13 does not change anything compared to grub 0.90-16. The > same problem is still there. > > - I also tried passing the root= option as an hex value. I used: > > title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.12-686 > root (hd0,0) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.12-686 root=0x4801 ro > initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.12-686 > savedefault > > because DAC960 device files are like this: > > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 48, 0 May 5 2000 /dev/rd/c0d0 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 48, 1 May 5 2000 /dev/rd/c0d0p1 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 48, 2 May 5 2000 /dev/rd/c0d0p2 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 48, 3 May 5 2000 /dev/rd/c0d0p3 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 48, 4 May 5 2000 /dev/rd/c0d0p4 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 48, 5 May 5 2000 /dev/rd/c0d0p5 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 48, 6 May 5 2000 /dev/rd/c0d0p6 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 48, 7 May 5 2000 /dev/rd/c0d0p7 > > The kernel still wanted to scream, but this time it tried to mount > device 00:00, as if the root= option failed completely to pass the > correct value to the kernel. > > > - I also tried root=0x4801 with kernel 2.2.19 and it failed the same > way as kernel 2.4.12. As said previously, root=/dev/rd/c0d0p1 works > with kernel 2.2.19. > > So I may have spotted a bug that will be easier to locate and hopefully > fix... > > -- > Laurent. > ----- End forwarded message -----
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