Hello Luca, thank you for the fast response to my posting. I will try to capture the console output while booting and post it, but I have to wait until after hours as this is a productive system. kind regards Andreas Luca Berra schrieb: > On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 09:22:30AM +0200, Andreas Oster wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> I recently have run into a problem with a server of ours (HP DL320) >> with a raid 1 setup. The system is Mandriva Cooker and currently runs >> kernel kernel.h-2.6.27-desktop-0.rc5.2.1mnb. Now I would like to >> update the kernel to a newer 2.6.28 version, but if I do so the >> system does not boot because the root partition can not be found anymore. >> >> I read somewhere that sometimes the IDs (lsi_xxxxxxxxx) change, when >> changing the kernel. > > this sounds very weird to me, i'd almost bet it is not the real reason. > > mandriva uses redhat's initrd, which i personally despise. > > but let's not be conecerned with my feelings, it suffices saying that it > will store the output of 'dmsetup table' for your running system, and > feed it to 'dmsetup create' > > the table will contain the major/minor number of the components of the > array, if those change you are hosed. > > do you have any other devices connected to your box that could alter the > order of "scsi" devices seen by the system? > > can you please boot without the splash screen and copy every line > between the 'Red-Hat nash version xxx starting' and the panic message? > A serial console would be great, but a digital camera or a sheet of > paper and a pencil would do. > > L. > > > _______________________________________________ Ataraid-list mailing list Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list
