This may be so. But I vaguely recall (my email has been dead for a week because
someone re-arranged our mail servers and didn't tell me) that this was a case
where both the "create boot disk" and "install lilo" parts of the installation
failed. I ended up booting from the install disk, using the rescue disk and
creating both those things with a chroot. But I forgot to generate the initrd
image, so I probably had no driver available.
If the driver is in the initrd, it should be loaded automatically when needed
during the boot, but that will not work if I don't have a proper initrd image.
Thanks for the reminder.
Neither of these explains why my AHA2945 controllers are not seen by the RedHat
6.0 install process, but perhaps the SCSI drivers are not on the NET Install
image?
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tani
Hosokawa wrote:
> Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 19:09:31 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Tani Hosokawa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Steve Wampler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: aix7xxx install images...
>
> I might be totally off-base on this, but isn't the aic7xxx.o module on the
> initrd? You ought to be able to load it at the LILO prompt...
>
> On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, Steve Wampler wrote:
>
> > Werner Kliewer wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am trying to install RedHat 6.0 in an IBM Netfinity 5000 server.
> > >
> > > I have a single hard drive at address 0 attached to the internal (B)
> > > channel of the motherboard mounted AIC-7895 controller, and a single
> > > tape drive at address 1 attached to the external (A) channel of the
> > > same controller.
> > >
> > > When I run the RedHat 5.2 install process from CD-ROM I have no trouble
> > > finding the controller and hard drive and installing, all using default
> > > auto-probe methods.
> > >
> > > When I run the RedHat 6.0 install the SCSI controller is not found via
> > > autoprobe, and I have not yet figured out what boot options I should
> > > try to make this work. One significant difference between the installs
> > > is that this one must be done via NFS as I have not yet received my
> > > Official RedHat install package (it IS on order) nor do I have the
> > > wherewithal to cut my own until my new Jaz drive arrives (also on
> > > order). The built-in network interface is discovered without even
> > > prompting me.
> >
> > The installed kernel has the AIC7xxx driver as a module, which means it
> > can't load the driver if the module is on the drive (sigh). (The installation
> > kernel has the driver embedded in it, which is why it works...)
> >
> > You might try the following, it's close to what I did to get around the
> > problem (I tried a *lot* of things before stumbling on something that works).
> >
> > If you install using "expert" mode, CTRL+ALT+F2 is a bash shell. Before
> > finishing the installation, but after the packages have been installed
> > switch to this shell and build a new version of the kernel with the driver
> > loaded directly (you will likely need to play games with chroot and mount,
> > etc.
> > before doing the build). Then install this custom kernel (exit chroot or
> > whatever) and allow the installation to finish.
> >
> >
> > ---
> > Steve Wampler {[EMAIL PROTECTED]}
> > The gods that smiled upon your birth are laughing now. -- fortune cookie
> >
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>
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