I've just built a new home system and have run into some problems. Any
suggestions would be very welcome.
The system is a pretty vanilla except for the ABIT KX7-333R (HPT372 RAID)
motherboard which is causing the headache. It appears the highpoint 372 RAID
chip isn't fully supported until 2.4.19-ac.
My goal is to be able to rebuild the stock kernel from 2.4.18 and then
try getting -ac running.
This is what I've done:
1) Disabled the HPT controller, put a disk on the other IDE controller and
install Debian potato via the network.
2) Upgrade to woody.
3) Try new 2.4.18 kernel (apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18-k7 & follow
initrd instructions). Now on boot the 3c59x NIC doesn't start. A manual
insmod says:
init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters,
including invalid Io or IRQ parameters
4) Get 2.4.18 kernel (apt-get install kernel-source-2.4.18), copy the
config in /boot laid down by kernel-image-2.4.18-k7 and do the make dep
bzImage modules modules_install thing. Update lilo, run lilo, reboot.
Now my kernel dies on boot with a bunch of modprobe errors followed
by:
VFS: cannot open root device "301" or "03:01"
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:01
5) Dropping back to kernel 2.2.20 works fine. I can recompile and boot it, so
I don't think it is a toolchain problem.
I'd be happy just to get 2.4.18 with the NIC working and await the HPT372
support!
-marc
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Marc Nozell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.nozell.com/
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