Yoram,
On my box, fdisk -l /dev/ataraid/d0 gives :
Disk /dev/ataraid/d0: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 4866 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/ataraid/d0p1 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/ataraid/d0p2 14 144 1052257+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/ataraid/d0p3 145 275 1052257+ 83 Linux
/dev/ataraid/d0p4 276 4863 36853110 8e Linux LVM
I suspect that you are missing the kernel append lines for ide settings:
ide2=0xd800,0xdc02 ide3=0xe000,0xe402
This might be different for your particular board (probably not though)
so check the HOWTO for how to get those values - anyone using a
different mobo or add-in card should check the values! If those are ok,
then ataraid and pdcraid should know where the controller lives, and be
able to use it. Start by adding the append line, then reboot, load the
raid modules and see what happens.
To make the initrd image (if you don't have compiled-in drivers), just
cd /boot, then run:
mkinitrd -v <your new image name> <the kernel you are using>
Watch the output for what modules it's using, and if pdcraid and ataraid
aren't there, do it again, but tell it which modules to add using the -m
switch (I think - I'm not using RH, but mkinitrd -h will tell you what
to use). Once that's made, you can edit lilo.conf, or grub.conf, to use
the new initrd.
This should all work with the standard 2.4.18 kernel, but 2.4.19 should
give better performance.
For your reference:
Here's my /etc/fstab - I use LVM, so where I have /dev/system/usr, you
might have /dev/ataraid/d0p3 or something.
/dev/ataraid/d0p3 / reiserfs defaults 1 2
/dev/cdrecorder /media/cdrecorder auto
ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0
/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0
/dev/ataraid/d0p1 /boot reiserfs defaults 1 2
devpts /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0
/dev/system/home /home reiserfs defaults 1 2
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto noauto,user,sync 0 0
/dev/system/opt /opt reiserfs defaults 1 2
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/system/root /root reiserfs defaults 1 2
/dev/system/tmp /tmp reiserfs defaults 1 2
/dev/system/usr /usr reiserfs defaults 1 2
/dev/system/var /var reiserfs defaults 1 2
/dev/ataraid/d0p2 swap swap pri=42 0 0
Here's my complete /etc/lilo.conf (but I think RedHat uses grub by
default)
boot = /dev/ataraid/d0
install = /boot/boot.b
map = /boot/map
read-only
menu-scheme = Wg:kw:Wg:Wg
lba32
prompt
timeout = 80
message = /boot/message
image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.19-rc1
label = 2.4.19-rc1
root = /dev/ataraid/d0p3
vga = 791
initrd = /boot/initrd-2.4.19-rc1
append = "apic nousb apm=off acpi=off ide2=0xd800,0xdc02
ide3=0xe000,0xe402 hda=ide-scsi mem=nopentium"
image = /boot/vmlinuz
label = original
root = /dev/ataraid/d0p3
vga = 791
initrd = /boot/initrd
append = "apic nousb apm=off acpi=off ide2=0xd800,0xdc02
ide3=0xe000,0xe402 hda=ide-scsi"
image = /boot/vmlinuz.suse
label = failsafe
root = /dev/ataraid/d0p3
vga = 791
initrd = /boot/initrd.suse
append = "ide=nodma nousb apm=off acpi=off apic apm=off acpi=off
ide2=0xd800,0xdc02 ide3=0xe000,0xe402 hda=ide-scsi"
optional
image = /boot/memtest.bin
label = memtest86
On Wed, 2002-08-07 at 12:55, yoram@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Every way I try, there is no way I can get it to run on 2.3.19. Others on
> this group seemed to have failed miserably also. Please can you be more
> specific about what you did.
>
> Please bear in mind that I have a crash course (google groups) in
> recompiling the lkernel and that you are talking to a Linux novice. How do I
> make a new initrd image?
>
> ---
>
> I didn't modify the fstab yet, all I did is try get information on the
> device by
>
> fdisk -lu /dev/ataraid/d0 (don't work)
> fdisk -lu /dev/hdg (work)
> fdisk -lu /dev/hde (work)
>
