I have successfully built a 2.6.10 kernel and SystemImager autoinstall CD that recognizes the unique hardware I was having problems with (Broadcom NetXtreme NIC, Intel SATA interface to disk) , and installs the golden image I had stored on my server. It now works, and is OK as far as that goes. The key was that I built the kernel with all the drivers I needed for the hardware I had into the kernel directly, not as modules.
I am interested if anyone can point out the trick to building a new initrd.img file. I have untarred the boel_binaries in a special directory, and copied the /lib/modules/2.6.10/ tree into the right place there, and attempted to run mkinitrd. It fails with the following error: "/usr/sbin/mkinitrd: 253:0: Kernel does not support LVM" My systemimager server is not of the same hardware as the target hardware. It also does not run 2.6.10, and I am guessing that mkinitrd would prefer to build images to boot that are alike to the running kernel? If so, how do I get around that. Thanks to everyone who answered. On Fri, 2005-03-04 at 10:11 -0800, Peter Mueller wrote: > > Bryan Washer wrote: > > >I have been dewling with the issues of installing this > > machiens as well > > >and I almost have it working installing the x86_64 version. > > YOu should > > >have no issues if you are installing i386 version. If you are > > >installing the i386 version and haveing these issues let me > > know and I > > >will send you a dd image of a boot floppy for those machines. > > > did you add in JGarzik's libata patch (2.4.25-libata16.patch.gz) when > > you built your kernel? > > > > available at: > > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/jgarzik/libata/ > > > > also see: > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=sisuite-users&m=108983702517276&w=2 > > With the newer dells you might need a newer e1000 driver than that kernel. > You might want to try > http://world.anarchy.com/~peter/kernel_e1000_bcm5700_sata. > > Also you can build your own kernel without dinking around with the build > tools: > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=sisuite-users&m=110728243921751&w=2 > > Regards, > > P > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&opk > _______________________________________________ > Sisuite-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users > -- Bill Geddes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Sisuite-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users
