On 02/08/2012 01:39 PM, Dan Track wrote:
Hi, I need to load a kernel on my system but I've got a raid device which needs a new driver added to initrd in order for it to be picked on bootup when the kernel loads. I've created the initrd by placing the module in a directory I created in the initrd filesystem under: "/lib/modules/`uname -r`/mydriver/mega.ko" My problem is that when the kernel boots I get an error similar to finding /dev/sda1 .... It then fails and drops me to a shell, which I gather is the initrd filesystem shell. Inside there if I issue the command modprobe mega.ko the system finds the raid card, I then exit the shell and the server boots up fine normally using the new kernel. My question is why does this happen? I've added the module entry to the modules.dep file in the initrd filesystem under: "/lib/modules/`uname -r`/modules.dep" and running "modpobe -l" under teh initrd shell correctly shows this. I must be missing a step, can someone please help me fix this?
You need to either have the driver built into the kernel or have it stuffed into the initrd ramdisk image if it's a loadable module. See the man pages for dracut and grubby for more info. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - You possess a mind not merely twisted, but actually sprained. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
