[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       caldera-netware
Subject:    RE: Trouble with RedHat 5.1 and my SCSI Controller
From:       Lawrence Mulder <lrm () dmv ! com>
Date:       1998-08-23 16:13:49
[Download RAW message or body]

one thing I forgot... don't forget to run lilo after updating the lilo.conf...

Good luck...
-Lawrence Mulder
mailto:lrm@dmv.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lawrence Mulder [mailto:lrm@dmv.com]
> Sent: Sunday, August 23, 1998 11:46 AM
> To: 'caldera-netware@rim.caldera.com'
> Subject: RE: Trouble with RedHat 5.1 and my SCSI Controller
> 
> 
> Jason,
> 
>   The best way that I have found to do this is to use 
> mkinitrd to create an 
> initial ramdisk which is used to load scsi modules and such 
> at boot time. 
>  once you do this you add a line to you lilo.conf under the 
> section for the 
> kernel which you are booting for your initrd.  That should 
> take care of 
> your problem, as I had the exact same problem.
> 
> Here is the mkinitrd command I used, and the kernel section from my 
> lilo.conf...
> 
> bash# mkinitrd --needs-scsi-modules /boot/initrd-aic7xxx 2.0.35
> 
> lilo.conf:
> 
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.35-modular
> 	label=streams-mod
> 	initrd=/boot/initrd-aic7xxx
> 	root=/dev/sda1
> 	read-only
> 
> hope this helps...
> 
> -Lawrence Mulder
> mailto:lrm@dmv.com
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jason_Hollis@Dell.com [mailto:Jason_Hollis@Dell.com]
> > Sent: Friday, August 21, 1998 3:28 PM
> > To: Caldera-NetWare@rim.caldera.com
> > Subject: Trouble with RedHat 5.1 and my SCSI Controller
> >
> >
> > 		I've installed the Caldera Kernel and when I
> > try and boot it
> > I get a kernel panic.  How do I make sure that the mod for
> > the 2940 is being
> > loaded?
> >
> > 		Jason Forrest Hollis
> > 		DellPlus Engineering
> > 		phone:		512.728.9214
> > 		pager(via email):  	
> > jason_hollis@pager.dellplus.dell.com
> > 		pager(voice):		800.269.8572
> 
> 

[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]