Hi!
> On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Ola Samuelson said:
>
> OS>Most greatful for assistance.
> OS> I need rh 6.1 for raid1 but 2.2.13 kernel for improved smp and
> OS> fix of eepro100 drivers in system with 4 cards.
> OS>
> OS> 1. Installed rh6.1 on md0(hda1/hdc1) with swap on md1(hda5/hdc5)
> OS>and booting etc works great
> OS> but .... i need 2.2.13 kernel
> OS> 2. Built/installed 2.2.13 with raid options etc
> OS> 3. Lilo(make install) complains about to many cylinders on disk
>
> How big are your disks? I just did this with 2.2.12 (original kernel) and
> two 13.6 GB disks. It works fine here though lilo complained a bit as well
> when I re-ran /sbin/lilo to add my vga statement for framebuffer. From the
> look of it you did this with a single partition plus swap... I didn't do it
> that way... I'm going to attach my raidtab for you to eyeball and see if it
> helps.
>
They are 8,8G each partitioned according to:
hda
hda1 8600M
hda5 grow(which gives approx 150M)
Same for hdc
Raid1 created with large partitions EXT2
Raid1 created with small partitions SWAP
THEN, I Raided the partitions during RH6.1 installation procedure.
And it works which is why I think the actual problem
is that I have to use initrd to build a ramdisk containing
tools(raid1.o etc ) to start md0 BEFORE actually booting.
Does this make sense?
I tried using the ramdisk the installer used but then there was
a raid1.o version mismatch(it was at least doing something)
which is why I believe a new rd is a possible solution.
Can this be the solution? How do I make a new one?
What should it contain?
> OS> 4. Doing a standard build of kernel
> OS> 5. Lilo.conf - i just add a new entry and run lilo. complains
> OS>like at 3.
> OS> 6. 2.2.12 stil boots fine from md0
> OS>
> OS> Problem
> OS> 2.2.13 wont boot. md not running, kernel panic, unable to mount
> OS>on 9,0 etc
>
> What version of raidtools is in 2.2.13? Are they enabled as modules or are
> they built in to the kernel?
>
Dont know version, but built into kernel.
>
> Also... to get the thing working with 2.2.12 and the upgraded funtionality
> that you need it may be possible to patch 2.2.12 with the added funtionality
> and updates that you need without moving completely to 2.2.13. You might
> talk with Alan Cox about it on the redhat-dev list.
>
> You could actually patch 2.2.12 in place if you installed the 2.2.13 source
> in parallel and ran diff. I'm just thinking out loud here but it might
> help...
>
yes, this could also be a solution. Maybe a simpler one.
What do You think about the initrd-idea?
Thanks!
//OLAS
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