Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Sun, 2006-07-02 at 19:13 +0200, Mick wrote: >> On 02/07/06, Rumen Yotov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Alan McKinnon wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Brand new install, and the kernel can't access the SATA disks. I don't >>>> have the bandwidth to d/l an entire install CD and I have an up to date >>>> distfiles locally so I used the latest install CD I have - 2005.1 >>>> >>>> Hardware: Dell Latitude D810 with 80G sata. >>>> / on /dev/sda7 (reiser) >>>> /boot on /dev/sda1 (ext2) >>>> ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=~x86, latest udev installed. >>>> /home, /usr, /opt, /var and distfiles on an lvm (all reiser) >>>> Install disk boots fine with full access to the disk. >>>> >>>> On boot the initramfs detects the hardware, but complains it can't find >>>> my / on /dev/sda7. Drop to a shell and the nodes are right there >>>> in /dev. The reiser module is not loaded, but it was configured as a >>>> module by genkernel. >> If your / fs is reiserfs then recompile your kernel with reiserfs in >> the kernel (not as a module) and see if it now finds your /. > > That's worth a try - it'll take an hour or three to get everything set > up. But correct me if I'm wrong, I thought the whole point of using an > initramfs was to be able to compile *everything* as a module, including > the fs on / ? If not, that might explain why I've always had mixed > results with genkernel... > > alan > Hi, Certainly not *everything* but you could compile as modules some things which otherwise you won't be able to use as modules (root fs etc.). IIRC genkernel uses a 'default' config (equal to the one in LiveCD, if not wrong). The whole idea is to load&mount "initramfs" in memory so to have the required modules/lvm/raid things to start the real root-fs. i'm using genkernel but just for the 'auto' initrd/initramfs thing, otherwise using my custom kernel config with some 12-16 modules. HTH.Rumen
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