On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 8:09 AM, Matthew Daubenspeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a gentoo install (currently amd64/2007.0) with all of the current > up to date packages. I have been trying to upgrade the kernel for quite > a while now. The last kernel I can still seem to get running is > 2.6.20-gentoo-r8. I've tried upgrading to every kernel as they have > entered into portage, and none since 2.6.20-r8 seems to be able to find > the Vmware "SCSI" disk. > > The most recent try was gentoo-sources-2.6.25-r6, which failed the same > way. I've tried to download a 2008.0 current boot CD; that has the same > problem. I've also tried SystemRescueCd, which does the same, but since > it was based on gentoo, I wasn't too hopeful of it working. > > With 2.6.20-gentoo-r8 I am using the Fusion MPT device support and it > works with no issues. I've tried using the drivers compiled in as well > as modules, both with the same disappointing results. Any suggestions? > > The actual device detected with the older kernel is: > > scsi0 : ioc0: LSI53C1030, FwRev=00000000h, Ports=1, MaxQ=128, IRQ=17 > > According to the kernel help, this should be supported by the MPT > ScsiHost driver for SPI, which is selected... > -- > Matthew Daubenspeck > http://oddprocess.org > > Gentoo Linux x86_64 Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 165 > 10:51:06 up 247 days, 1:38, 4 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 > -- > gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list > >
Did you also select the appropriate low-level SCSI drivers? http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Install_Gentoo_on_VMware_in_Windows_NT/2K/XP#SCSI_Controller -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
