Don't compile as a module, compile it in. If you used the livecd-installer, you'll need to build a kernel. The kernel the livecd uses is rather bloated, and i dont recommend that.
On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 17:12 +0100, Clemente Aguiar wrote: > We have just bought a IBM x3250 server which has a "LSI Logic SAS1064E > Fusion-MPT SAS" storage controller. > > I am using Live CD install version 2006.1. > > Standard installation goes fine: recognizes the drives, formats the > partitions, installs, no problem, but when I reboot ... the booted > system does not seem to recognize the controller. > > I get the following error: > > !! Block device /dev/sda3 is not a valid root device ... > !! The root block device is unspecified or not detected. > Please specify a device to boot, or "shell" for a shell ... > Boot() :: > > The module that during installation is loaded is "mptsas", but during > boot of the system it does not seem to load this module (at least I > cannot see it among the other dozen SCSI modules it is tying to load). > > I think ths is a bug, and I have already filed it in bugs.gentoo.org, > but in the meantime can anybody give me some suggestion on what to do? > > Clemente
