Thanks Steve.
Yes I should have also mentioned that I had also received a bunch(100s) of
"insmod : unresolved symbol n" messages before the mke2fs. If I check in the
install script there is a :
"modprobe ext2
modprobe ext3"
To prove this I commented out these lines and attempted a boot from cd. Still bombs at the
mount but no other messages. I then do a manual modprobe ext2/3 and yes lots of
unresolved symbol messages and the mount still fails.
As you suggest I can modify linux.i386.config however how do I boot the new kernel without
making all the packages ? ie how can I just make the boot pkg ?
Thanks
David K Livingstone
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| Steve Grandinetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Seth/Peter/Anyone !
>
> Unfortunately as you will note from muy first post I'm attempting to load
> RH EL 3 not 4 on
> the DL380 G4 so this will not solve my problem.
>
> I ran into problems when building 3.5.2 on RHEL3 and also when attempting
> to run si_prepareclient.
> I also have a installed base running off of 3.0.0 so I would like as
> little to change as possible.
>
> So back to trying to get 3.4.1 working on the DL380G4 ...
>
> I have attempted to force recognition of the driver by
> modifying the ./patches/linux.i386.config file such that
>
> CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_DA=y
> CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA=y
>
> I then remade all the packages(ie rpmbuild -ba
> /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/systemimager.spec).
> I then loaded the resultant boot pkg and made a bootable cd :
> - booting from the cd I eventually get the # prompt after the broadcast's
> fail(remmeber I normally
> use a local.cfg from floppy).
> - at this point /dev/cciss/disc0/disc ... exists however a parted still
> results in a No such device ...
> - I then attempted to boot again using the same cd but this time also
> included a floppy with a
> local.cfg on it(I had noted fromt he previous boot that the floppy is
> still referenced for local.cfg)
> - This time the local.cfg is read and the ping test is attempted to the
> image server.
> - the ping tests fails but on the subsequent rsync the script is
> received.
> - the script starts to runs and partially works :
> - old partition table via parted is displayed
> - new partitions are created(1-3 in my case)
> - mke2fs -f /dev/cciss/disc0/part3 || shellout works
> - tune2fs -L /dev/cciss/disc0/part3 works
> - mkdir -p /a/ || shellout works
> - mount /dev/cciss/disc0/part3 /a/ -t ext3 -o defaults || shellout
> FAILS
> --> I get "failed: No such device"
> - When I am in the shell after the failure I can manually run
> parted/mkde2fs/tune2fs successfully
> but the mount will always fail with "No such device"
>
> Ideas ????
>
I'm gonna guess that your ext3 filesystem module isn't being loaded
automatically, just as your cciss driver wasn't being loaded
automatically. In your 'linux.i386.config' file, is "CONFIG_EXT3_FS=m"?
If so, try building that in statically (CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y), and then
boot the new kernel (you shouldn't have to rebuild all the packages).
See if that doesn't get you further.
-Steve.
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