Hello Ian,
I'm using an Intel L440GX+ server board that comes with built-in scsi,
video, network adapters and supports dual cpu.
This is the first time I'm using a scsi drive with Linux so I had no idea
about mkinitrd until Marco suggested it in another msg.
Thank for the info. I'll try out your suggestion and get the latest kernel.
Take care and God bless.
William
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ian C.Sison
> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2000 12:47 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [plug] kernel boot failure
>
>
> are you using any of the following:
>
> 1. scsi hard disks
> 2. reiserfs
> 3. any advanced ide chipset that supports UDMA
>
> for 1 and 2, you need to run mkinitrd, there's a page in mandrake
> support which
> walks you through it.
>
> for 3, you're out of luck \8( The 2.2.16 kernel was shipped with
> an unstable
> version of andre hedrick's IDE UDMA66 patches. It won't boot on
> this.. most
> especially VIA.
>
> what's the brand of your board?
>
> Anyway, grab kernel-2.2.17-21mdk from the 7.2 beta tree. Its
> pretty stable
> (much more stable than 2.2.16mdk, and see if it suites your hardware.
>
>
>
> On Sat, 14 Oct 2000, you wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm setting up a dual cpu server using Mandrake 7.1 I'm trying out
> > compiling kernels and testing out the smp kernels as well.
> >
> > When i try to boot using the smp kernel, I get an error:
> >
> > kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k block-major-8, errno =2
> > VFS: Cannot open root device 08:05
> > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:05
> >
> > I can boot the secure-kernel (2.2.15-4mdksecure) that came with
> the default
> > install ok. Then I downloaded and upgraded the secure kernel
> > (2.2.16-9mkdsecure) and now I'm also getting the same error.
> >
> > What am I missing?
> >
> > ---8< --- /etc/lilo.conf ------
> >
> > # Add by install-kernel
> > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16-9mdksecure
> > label=mdksecure
> > root=/dev/sda5
> > read-only
> > optional
> >
> > --8< -------------
> >
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Take care and God bless.
> >
> > William
> >
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> >
> >
> >
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