On Thu, 30 Dec 2004, Eric N. Valor wrote:
> I don't know because I'm not using the Debian image (I like to compile
> my own kernels, and have only started running into these problems using
> 2.6.x kernels). Does the Debian 2.6.8 binary image contain support for
> the Sym53C8XXX SCSI controller?
what is the scsi chipset ??
( lspci | grep -i scsi )
make sure your kernel you compile supports that chipset
there's SYM53C8xxx and AIC7XXX
( sometimes one work and the other one doesn't
( in old scsi hardware
make sure you're booting the kernel you compiled ..
> Beyond this problem with HFS,
your boot problems is NOT related to hfs ...
> > > I recently recompiled my 2.6.8 kernel. Now I can no longer boot my
> > > system. It fails with the message "cannot open root device "801" or
> > > unknown-block(8,1)".
says it couldnt find /dev/sda1
put the new scsi kernel on floppy and see if it will boot off of it
to make sure you're booting the kernel yoou think you're booting
> > > I am using a Symbios SCSI card without any IDE devices (save the CDROM)
> > > in my system. My lilo.conf properly identifies the boot device and root
> > > device ("boot=/dev/sda" and "root=/dev/sda1"). The SCSI drivers are
> > > compiled directly into the kernel, and the devices are all seen on
> > > bootup.
so far so good
c ya
alvin
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