On Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 06:40:32AM +0100, Joost van Baal wrote: > Op Wed 3 Feb 2010 om 11:08:44 +0100 schreef Joost van Baal: > > Op Wed 3 Feb 2010 om 09:52:57 +0000 schreef Jurij Smakov: > > > Do you see the firmware on the initrd after it drops you into the > > > initrd shell? > > > > Can't check now: just found out my USB keyboard is not working in this > > shell. > > I'll reboot tomorrow with an old school VT terminal, or try to rebuild the > > initrd with usb-support. > > Yes, I see it: > > (initramfs) ls lib/firmware > ql2100_fw.bin ql2300_fw.bin ql2400_fw.bin > ql2200_fw.bin ql2322_fw.bin ql2500_fw.bin > > > > If it's there, what happens if you remove the module and > > > then reload it: > > > > > > modprobe -r qla2xxx > > > modprobe qla2xxx > > This works! > > [...] sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 > ... > [...] sdb: sdb1 sdb2 > > However, after disks have been detected, I get: > > (initramfs) exit > Begin: Running scripts/local-premount ... done > mount: mounting /dev/sdb1 on /root failed: No such device
Yeah, unfortunately, this is expected. I think that the root device setting comes from /etc/silo.conf, change it there, then run 'silo -f' as root, just in case. Unfortunately, I don't have any ideas why firmware loading fails the first time, but at least you will have a workaround now. Best regards, -- Jurij Smakov [email protected] Key: http://www.wooyd.org/pgpkey/ KeyID: C99E03CC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
