On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 03:11:49PM -0500, Freels, James D. wrote: > I have verified once again that all the devices, including the scsi > adapter, are included in the kernel proper. I have set up the alphas > from day one to not use modules as they are servers. The system boots > fine under the 2.4.x and earlier kernels. The error message at the end > of the boot process for the 2.6.x kernel is the typical "cannot find the > console and try to use the init=console=ttyS0" to force the console to > be.
Well, an error about not being able to find the console could be due to failure to mount the root filesystem. Are there any errors above that? > I have double-checked and reset all the tty* and console devices as they > exist under /dev/. I have also tried several variations of boot options > including root=/dev/sda2, root=0x802, rootfstype=reiserfs, > init=console=ttyS0, etc. All end with the same problem. > Some questions that might be part of the problem: > 1) Does the aboot delivered with Debian/Sarge (stable) work with the > 2.6.x kernels ? The version is 0.9b-3. Yes, it does. > 2) This same version of aboot obviously supports reiserfs under 2.4.x. > Is the same true for 2.6.x ? I don't believe aboot supports reiserfs at all. It shouldn't need to; the only filesystem aboot needs to access is the one holding the kernel and initrd (if applicable), which is typically a small ext2 partition mounted on /boot. Once aboot loads the kernel, accessing filesystems is the kernel's problem. > 3) Does the naming/numbering of the scsi partitions change under 2.6.x > as compared to 2.4.x on the alpha ? I have three scsi drives sda, sdb, > and sdc. The root filesystem is stored on sda2 using reiserfs. sda1 > contains the kernel file that aboot finds to boot. Numbering of partitions certainly shouldn't have changed, but ordering of SCSI devices *may* change if they're connected to multiple SCSI controllers and the load order of the drivers happens to change. If all your devices are connected to a single controller, however, the devices will be in bus order as always. If you have multiple controllers, you can always try using /dev/sdb2 and /dev/sdc2, to see if that gets it booting... Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/
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