[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Friends,
>
> I still have trouble to boot my Digital Alphastation 500 with kernel 2.4.20.
>
> Adrian Zaugg told me to add the initrd=/initrd.img to the aboot.conf file but
> nonetheless the boot stops with a kernel panic.
>
> At a closer examination the problem seems to be the recognition of the SCSI
> devices.
>
> As a matter of fact, both the boxed 2.2.20 and 2.4.20 kernels built-in have
> support for Qlogic ISP SCSI (beside the 2.4.20 kernel has support for Qlogic
> ISP FC SCSI & Qlogic QLA 1280 SCSI set up as modules).
>
> But while the 2.2.20 kernel quietly recognizes the SCSI devices, the 2.4.20
> fails to do it and ends up in a panic.
> How is that possible?
Did you build a initrd image fitting your kernel?
MfG
Goswin
PS: man mkinitrd
