Well it loads the kernel and then at the end it says there's no
ataraid/disc0/part1 and i should append it.
But i'll try reinstalling again tonight.
> Well my system is working :)
>
> cat /proc/pci
>
> .....
>
> Bus 0, device 9, function 0:
> RAID bus controller: Promise Technology, Inc. 20268R (rev 2).
> IRQ 5.
> Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=4.Max Lat=18.
> I/O at 0xa400 [0xa407].
> I/O at 0xa800 [0xa803].
> I/O at 0xac00 [0xac07].
> I/O at 0xb000 [0xb003].
> I/O at 0xb400 [0xb40f].
> Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf6000000 [0xf600ffff].
>
> Anyway i have 2.4.20-gentoo-r5 kernel and i compiled
> with this options:
>
> ATA/IDE/MFM/RLL support --->
> <*> ATA/IDE/MFM/RLL support
> IDE, ATA and ATAPI Block devices --->
> [*] PROMISE PDC202{46|62|65|67|68|69|70} support
> [*] Special UDMA Feature
> [*] Special FastTrak Feature
> <*> Support for IDE Raid controllers (EXPERIMENTAL)
> <*> Support Promise software RAID (Fasttrak(tm))
> (EXPERIMENTAL)
>
> So basicly i access my drives like if i used modeprobe pdcraid
> on /dev/ataraid/disc0 (for the first array) ..disc1 for the second
> array.
>
> What is the error that you are getting ?
>
> regards,
> RNuno
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MooktaKiNG [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: quinta-feira, 5 de Junho de 2003 20:51
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] Help with Promise RAID & Gentoo
>
>
> Ricardo:
>
> I don't understand how you got it working with
> root=/dev/ataraid/disc0/part2
>
> i thought grub excepts d0p2. weird.
>
> Did you do anything special with the kernel?
>
> Are any options you need to compile in. I mean i think i compiled
> the correct modules but, who knows.
>
> The weirdest thing is different people says different things.
>
>> hi,
>>
>> I have a PROMISE controler also and i got it to work with grub.
>> here is my config.
>>
>> /etc/fstab
>>
>> /dev/ataraid/disc0/part1 /boot ext3
>> noauto,noatime 1 1
>> /dev/ataraid/disc0/part2 / ext3
>> noatime
>> 0 0
>> /dev/ataraid/disc0/part3 /usr ext3
>> noatime
>> 0 0
>> /dev/ataraid/disc0/part5 /home ext3
>> noatime
>> 0 0
>> /dev/ataraid/disc0/part6 none swap sw
>> 0 0
>> /dev/ataraid/disc0/part7 /str0 ext3
>> noatime
>> 0 0
>>
>>
>> /boot/grub/grub.conf
>>
>> default 0
>> timeout 30
>> splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
>>
>> title=Gentoo Linux on RAID
>> root (hd0,1)
>> kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage root=/dev/ataraid/disc0/part2
>>
>>
>> Hope it helps, lemme now if it worked for you
>>
>> RNuno
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Sent: quinta-feira, 5 de Junho de 2003 18:57
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Help with Promise RAID & Gentoo
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 06:54:36PM +0100, MooktaKiNG wrote:
>>
>>> OK. this is the most frustrating thing i've ever had with Gentoo.
>>>
>>> I can boot with the liveCD. I can load the produles, ataraid and
>>> pdcraid. it does work. I install successfully. Then i install
>>> Grub.
>>> I follow the howto and do root=/dev/ataraid/d0p1
>>> My /boot is a seperate partition in hda1.
>>>
>>> But it just doesn't boot.
>>
>> I gave up using grub for this, and used (groan) lilo. My
>> /etc/fstab
>> looks like this:
>>
>> /dev/ataraid/disc0/part1 /boot ext2
>> noauto,noatime
>> 1 1
>> /dev/ataraid/disc0/part3 / ext3 noatime
>> 1 1
>> /dev/ataraid/disc0/part2 none swap sw
>> 0 0
>> /dev/ataraid/disc0/part5 /usr ext3 noatime
>> 1 1
>> /dev/ataraid/disc0/part6 /var ext3 noatime
>> 1 2
>> /dev/ataraid/disc0/part7 /usr/local ext3 noatime
>> 1
>> 2
>> /dev/ataraid/disc0/part8 /opt ext3 noatime
>> 1 2
>> /dev/ataraid/disc0/part9 /home ext3 noatime
>> 1 2
>>
>> And my /etc/lilo.conf looks like this:
>>
>> menu-scheme=Wb
>> prompt
>> timeout = 50
>> lba32
>> boot=/dev/ataraid/disc0/disc
>> disk = /dev/ataraid/disc0/disc
>> bios = 0x80
>>
>> map = /boot/System.map
>> delay = 50
>> vga = normal # Normal VGA console
>> # End LILO global section
>> # Linux bootable partition config begins
>> image = /boot/vmlinuz
>> root = /dev/ataraid/disc0/part3
>> append = "idebus=66, ide0=ata66"
>> label = Gentoo
>> read-only # read-only for checking
>>
>> image = /boot/vmlinuz.old
>> root = /dev/ataraid/disc0/part3
>> label = Old.kernel
>> read-only # read-only for checking
>>
>> I hope this helps. If you find a way to make grub work, please
>> let
>> me
>> know, as I would much prefer to be using grub.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Dennis
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