Dear All,
As a follow up to my previous post (the only one so far <sob>), I've decided
that it simply isn't possible to install Linux with a root partition on a
Powertek SCSI II drive. At least, not with the existing default kernel/
Linux Loader. I'd like some confirmation of this is anyone else has tried
it.
The problem seems to be when exactly the SCSI support is available. As far
as I can tell, this only occurs after the kernel modules are loaded, which
presumably is after the root partition has already been mounted. In which
case, its fairly obvious that you can't have a root partition on a SCSI
device.
The only possibility that presents itself, is to compile a kernel with built
in SCSI support (I'm using the powertek module at present, loaded by
rc.sysinit during the boot process), and keep this new built kernel on the
Filecore partition, then using the appropriate configuration for the !Linux
application, it may be possible to mount a SCSI partition as root. Does
anyone have any idea if this would work? (I am trying it, but am having
kernel compilation problems at present).
I have, however, succesfully installed Linux using the SCSI drive for two
ext2 partitions (/usr and /var) and the swap device, used in conjunction
with a small root partition on my tiny IDEFS drive. If anyone is interested
in trying this, I would be happy to share the experience :-)
Cheers
Chris
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