On Tue, 2009-12-01 at 14:42 -0800, Michael Robinson wrote:
> I'm still having trouble getting 2.6.27.39 to work with SLackware 10.1.
> 
> My initrd is created with this invocation:
> 
> mkinitrd -c -k 2.6.27.39 -m scsi_transport_api:aic7xxxx:jbd:ext3
> 
> I tried unzipping and mounting the initrd image, the modules are
> there.  Looking in modules.dep I don't notice any other dependencies,
> but maybe I am still missing something.
> 
> The aic7xxxx module loads and it says the partitions on the scsi
> drive are sda1 sda2 < sda5 sda6 >.  So why when I get a kernel
> panic does it say the only options are sda1 and sda2?  It looks
> like the kernel isn't recognizing extended partitions at the
> mount root stage.  What would cause the problem of not 
> recognizing extending partitions?
> 
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Big hint is, don't use the old root= option with loadlin or your
2.6 kernel won't boot.  Why this is is beyond me.  

Now If I could just figure out why I'm getting an IO error from 
card manager for my ISA pcmcia card adapter.

Another mystery has popped up.  When I try to compile source
code for a realtek 8180 wireless card it looks at the kernel source
directory and then it deletes the source code and errs out.  Same
thing happens with qc-usb-0.6.6 source code.  Is the source deleting
because these drivers are kernel options now?

So I'm back at 2.6.10, groan.

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