Re: Problem build initrd file

2007-03-25 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Mar 23, 2007, at 16:57, Don Leslie wrote: I tried kernel /vmlinux-2.4.21-27-mpt_scsi ro root=LABEL=/dev/sda1 hda=ide- scsi kernel /vmlinux-2.4.21-27-mpt_scsi ro root=LABEL=/dev/hda1 hda=ide- scsi I get the same error . You can have anything in an ext2 filesystem label, but odds

Re: Problem build initrd file

2007-03-23 Thread Don Leslie
[SHIFT]+[PAGE UP] This does not work . On the boot messages . I get : IP routing cache ... TCP: Hash table ... NET4: Unix domain sockets ... then ds: no socket drivers on the working boot at this point I get RAMDISK compressed image found at block 0

Re: Problem build initrd file

2007-03-23 Thread Don Leslie
Thomas Charron wrote: On 3/22/07, Don Leslie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a RHEL3 system which boots from scsi disk . # grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that #

Re: Problem build initrd file

2007-03-23 Thread Don Leslie
Thomas Charron wrote: But is that where the files are physically located? in / vs /boot? /boot is on /dev/sda1 original grub entry root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinux-2.4.21-27-mpt_scsi ro root=LABEL=/ hda=ide-scsi I tried kernel /vmlinux-2.4.21-27-mpt_scsi ro root=LABEL=/dev/sda1 hda=ide-scsi

Re: Problem build initrd file

2007-03-23 Thread Don Leslie
Thomas Charron wrote: You're misunderstanding what I'm asking. Is the initrd that works IN the root of the drive, in /, or is it in /boot? On 3/23/07, Don Leslie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thomas Charron wrote: But is that where the files are physically located? in / vs /boot? /boot is on

Re: Problem build initrd file

2007-03-23 Thread Thomas Charron
You're misunderstanding what I'm asking. Is the initrd that works IN the root of the drive, in /, or is it in /boot? On 3/23/07, Don Leslie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thomas Charron wrote: But is that where the files are physically located? in / vs /boot? /boot is on /dev/sda1 original

Re: Problem build initrd file

2007-03-23 Thread Thomas Charron
On 3/23/07, Don Leslie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thomas Charron wrote: On 3/22/07, Don Leslie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a RHEL3 system which boots from scsi disk . # grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file #

Problem build initrd file

2007-03-22 Thread Don Leslie
I have a RHEL3 system which boots from scsi disk . There is also LSI 1030 scsi controller for a HP Ultrium tape drive . I did the following to add the new drivers ( per Lsi web page ). cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-27.EL tar zxvf /home/urdge/LSIdriver/fusion-2.05.16.tgz tar tzvf

Re: Problem build initrd file

2007-03-22 Thread Ben Scott
On 3/22/07, Don Leslie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: make modules_install This will copy all of the modules that just got built into /lib/modules/$KVER, where KVER is the version defined in the kernel Makefile. It looks like they had you build with the kernel version set to the same value for the

Re: Problem build initrd file

2007-03-22 Thread Michael ODonnell
Did you start with a source tree that was already known to be configured buildable for the machine in question? If not, then kernels built therein are unlikely to work for you with or without those new LSI drivers. Once you've got a tree that you can build working kernels in I'd recommend

Re: Problem build initrd file

2007-03-22 Thread Don Leslie
1) The older grub entry works just fine 2) I did also run the following: make mrproper make xconfig Again from LSI: Look for the new top-level Fusion-MPT device support entry: Fusion-MPT device support --- and select it to access the Fusion-MPT drivers submenu entries: M Fusion-MPT (base

Re: Problem build initrd file

2007-03-22 Thread Ben Scott
On 3/22/07, Don Leslie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 4) The boot info scrolls off the screen but I do see a line with HDA . [SHIFT]+[PAGE UP] -- One day I feel I'm ahead of the wheel / And the next it's rolling over me -- Rush, Far Cry