Hi
Having big problems for the last two weeks getting 2 x Dell 1950 PE
servers to run Debian they run SUSE 10 just fine :-(( I don't use Suse
just Debian and I don't want to learn another OS.
The research so far indicates there is a bug in the kernel 2.6.x up to
and including 2.6.18 where initrd.img will not work and an alternative
boot method is required such as YAIRD.
I booted using the ETCH install disk and the installer finds the SCSI
raid controller and installed the OS no problems. It then dies with a
Kernel Panic.
I built a 2.6.17 -rc2 and a 2.6.15 kernel which has the LSI and latest
SCSI drivers and I get to:
ALERT! /dev/sda1 does not exist Dropping to a shell! and get Busybox
After foillowing Tobias's guidelines I booted from ETCH 2.6.8 mounted
and chroot to /target
mounted /sys/and proc and built using YAIRD using the 2.6.8 ETCH CD the
new INITRD.IMG and still cant see the drives... I get the Kernel Panic
as if I had not used Yaird at all.
I also attempted to use Yaird to build the 2.6.17-rc2 kernel initrd.img
but get a modprobe error.
I beleive the 2.6.17 kernel I have built will work (the eternal
optimist) as long as I can build a new yaird initrd.img for it.
I considered building a global kernel 2.6.17 to boot off on another PC
and making a boot CD or even attempting to run yaird on the spare PC.
The $64,000 question is how is this done? Any thoughts or ideas apreciated.
Chris
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