Solution is to boot with a live CD. Get a console and run lsmod|grep ata, this will list the modules needed. Then chroot the harddrive and edit /etc/modules.conf that is the file that the Mandriva version of mkinitrd uses. There are lines in there that tell the system modules to use, change them to the new modules. Then run mkinitrd as normal. I don't know if reinstalling the MBR for GRUB is needed but I did that last and when I rebooted things were back to normal.
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Royce Souther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After 2.6.15 Linux kernel no longer has generic SATA support. This requires > that you use an initrd that contains a module for your SATA controller. > Thats fine until you upgrade your motherboard. > > I upgraded my motherboard in my Mandriva 2k8 and now it will not boot. I > have tried the rescue option on the CD but it has no feature to rebuild the > initrd. > > How to I... > 1) figure out what module I need to load > 2) rebuild a Mandriva 2k8 initrd file > > Mandriva uses gziped CPIO for it's initrd and I could manually hack it but > I still need to know what module to use. > > I tried to use mkinitrd and just as it has for many years now it created a > useless initrd file. > > > -- > http://www.Radados.org > -- http://www.Radados.org
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