> -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Makepeace [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 25 June 2002 23:05 > To: London.pm > Subject: loading raid modules at boot time > > I'm trying to get a Highpoint RAID controller to boot and be used as a > root filesystem. Highpoint supply drivers at > http://www.highpoint-tech.com/372drivers_down.htm These build fine and > a > little hpt37x2.o module pops out. This insmod's nicely and indeed I > get > a single /dev/sda appearing from my two striped IDE drives. > > Unfortunately they say nothing about making this into the kernel. Is > there some way to pack this module into a vmlinuz? > > I tried: > > mkinitrd -o /boot/initrd /lib/modules/2.4.18 > > made a kernel that understands initrd, and then added > initrd=/boot/initrd to /etc/lilo.conf . Am I going down the right > track > here? (The new drives are mounted on /mnt and I have ROOT=probe > in mkinitrd) > > I don't think the RAMDISK is working as I'm getting in dmesg, > RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0. > > Indeed it's definitely not loading because I'm testing it too with a > NIC > driver and that's not working. No idea about this :-/ > > Any ideas? Comments on Linux + HPT drivers? > > Paul (working against the clock before another server's switched off & > seriously tempted to toss it and go software RAID having shelled out > for > two damn drives now...) > > > > -- > Paul Makepeace ....................................... > http://paulm.com/ > > "What is the nature of mans inhumanity to mans humanity? Just follow > your nose, it always knows." > -- http://paulm.com/toys/surrealism/
