> Let me start by stating my goal. Under RH7.1, Scsi tape > drives are not > being recognized. I have IDE hard drives, but using SCSI dat > drives for > backup. I am using Microlite's Backupedge. Under RH 6.x, I > did not have a > problem with this hardware setup. I have tried a couple of > differenct Scsi > controllers with the same results. > > So the light bulb comes on, that maybe I could re-compile the > kernal with > the scsi tape support already loaded to fix this problem. I ran 'make > menuconfig' and selected Scsi tape support as a *(as opposed > to M for module > loadable) and compiled the kernal. I copied the new kernal > to /boot and > edited lilo.conf and ran lilo. lilo exists with an error > message about > Kernal does not support initial RAM disk. > > Ok, what did I do wrong? > > Thanks, > Lyle
You either need to make an initial ram disk (initrd.img), or take out references to it in lilo.conf. To make an initrd.img, use the command `mkinitrd`. Just type in the command, and it will give you an example. Forrest _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
