It looks like it can't find or open the initramfs.  In the initrd 
creation step try this instead.

find . | cpio --quiet --dereference -o -H newc | gzip -9 > 
../tmpiso/boot/initrd.img

Cheers,
Robert.

Max wrote:
> Well I followed your directions step by step and didn't have any
> problems until attempting to boot the CD. Check out the attached
> screen shot..
> What do you recommend checking out?
> 
> 
> 
> On Nov 27, 2007 5:39 PM, Max <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> That was more less what i was going to do. You saved me a good deal of
>> work trying to figure out the right way to recreate the ISO. If this
>> works out, I owe you a pint! :D
>>
>>
>> On Nov 27, 2007 5:07 PM, Robert Bays <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> Max,
>>>
>>> To avoid building from scratch you could just edit the initrd.  Try
>>> something like the following...
>>>
>>> 1. mount the iso to a loop device and copy the contents to a tmpdir
>>> mount -o loop ./livecd-vc3.iso ./dir
>>> cp -R ./dir/* ./tmpiso/
>>> umount ./dir
>>> 2. extract the initrd.img
>>> mkdir tmpinitrd
>>> cd tmpinitrd
>>> gzip -cd ../tmpiso/boot/initrd.img.img | cpio -imd --quiet
>>> 3. remove the module
>>> rm ./lib/modules/2.6.20/kernel/drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym53c8xx.ko
>>> 4. zip up the initrd and copy it into the temporary iso dir
>>> chmod -R 755 ../tmpiso
>>> rm ../tmpiso/boot/initrd.img
>>> find . | cpio --quiet -c -o | gzip -9 -n >> ../tmpiso/boot/initrd.img
>>> 5. create the iso
>>> cd ../tmpiso
>>> mkisofs -J -r -o ../livecd.iso -b boot/isolinux/isolinux.bin  -c
>>> boot/isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table
>>> /home/rbays/tmpiso/
>>>
>>> Should work...
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Robert.
>>>
>>>
>>> Max wrote:
>>>> No I have not had any time to fool with it these past few days...
>>>> but from what I can tell the sym53c8xx module is loaded before the needed
>>>> cpqarray module and thats what is causing the failure. I have tried
>>>> unloading the modules and reloading cpqarray but don't seem to have
>>>> any luck. My guess is the SCSI controller needs to be reset or what
>>>> have you.
>>>> I have not had any luck disabling the sym53c8xx module from the boot
>>>> loader so I think the next step is to build a live CD from scratch.
>>>> I've never built a live CD so its going to be a learning thing for me
>>>> for sure. Maybe you will have better luck... Let me know if you find
>>>> anything :)
>>>>
>>>> On Nov 26, 2007 11:46 PM, Cory B. Goleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm having the same problem, trying to install Vyatta 3.0 to a DL 360 G1
>>>>> with a RAID 1 configuration, have you made any progress on this?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>>
>>>>> Cory-
>>>>>
>>>>>
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