Hi all, I compiled the latest kernel (2.6.25.7 SMP x86_64) from kernel.org and installed it. I ran lilo. (I am basically forced to use lilo since grub never managed to boot from root partition located of mdadm + lvm partition). With the new kernel the mdadm cannot find its hard drives and the booting ands in (initramfs) mode. Looking in /dev I also cannot see my sd* disks. The first error messages look like:
<snip> Begin: Mounting root file system... ... Begin: Running /scripts/local-top ... Begin: Loading MD modules ... md: raid1 personality registered for level 1 Success: loaded module raid1 Done. Begin: Assembling all MD arrays ... md: md0 stopped. Failure: failed to assemble all arrays. Done. Begin: Executing udevtrigger again ... Done. device-mapper: ioctl: 4.13.0-ioctl (2007-10-18) initialized: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Done. Begin: Running /scripts/local-premount ... Done. mount: No such device Begin: Running /scripts/local-bottom ... Done. Done. Begin: Running /scripts/init-bottom ... mount: No such file or directory mount: No such file or directory Target file system doesn't have /sbin/init No init found. Try passing init= bootarg. BusyBox v1.10.2 (Debian 1:1.10.2-1) built-in shell (ash) Enter 'help' for alist of built-in commands /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control off (initramfs) I have no idea where to start debugging from. I think that the problem is more about the kernel, not about the mdadm. I suppose I somehow did not comiped in the kernel something needed for finding the sATA devices, but I used the default kernel configuration and I was thinking that this should work. Morover, I cannot boot the LinuxOLD image (which was working perfectly before), since it ends in a kernel panic message. Any idea on how to boot this machine and bring back in a working condition is welcome. Cheers, Ivan
