> > We successfully operate some HP Proliant DL380 G3, using Gentoo Xen-kernels > as Dom0 and DomU. > Now i tried to upgrade to Generation 4 and 6: > * HP Proliant DL380 G4 > * HP Proliant DL380 G6 > > Grub works fine. After selecting a kernel to boot, it is loaded and starts > operating and fails some lines later with a kernel panic. The kernel seems > not to find the HP SCSI controller (/dev/cciss/...). > > I made sure, that the kernel has build in the needed drivers as described > here: > http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/HP_ProLiant_DL380_G5 >
Did you remember to build the filesystem drivers into the kernel (ie not as a module) and follow the directions on building the hardware drivers into the kernel as well? > Funny is, that the Gentoo boot images do work, for example > install-x86-minimal-20100216.iso. > > If /proc/config.gz exists when you boot from that image you could compare that to the .config file that you're using to see what the differences are.
