initrd for that kernel ok for all the required modules?
On 24 Aug 2010 09:53, "Eric Doutreleau" <Eric.Doutreleau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> well
> yes the drive is bootable as i can boot from it
> it s when the kernel need to find the root device that it s the problem
> it s like it can't find the volume group
>
>
> Le 23/08/2010 15:44, m.roth@xxxxxxxxx a écrit :
>> Eric Doutreleau wrote:
>>>
>>> i m trying to install centos5 on my poweredge 2950 with no luck.
>>> the raid controler is LSI Logic / Symbios Logic MegaRAID SAS 1078 (rev 04)
>>>
>>> indeed all is going fine during the installation but when i reboot the
>>> server panic
>>>
>>> the first error i got is this one
>>> error mounting /dev/root on /sysroot as ext3: block device required
>>>
>>> it seems that it can't find the /dev/root devices.
>>>
>>> but when i boot in rescue mode the / partition is found without any
>>> problem. i can chroot in it
>>
>> Does the PERC controller know that the drive you want to boot off of is
>> bootable? Have you<ctrl-r>'d into the controller before boot, and then
>> gone to control (there's virtual disks, PD, and the third thing, I forget
>> exactly what it's called, but I'll be able to tell you later today), and
>> down on the bottom, just to the right of center, it displays the bootable
>> drive. Though it doesn't *look* like it, if you tab down there and down
>> arrow, it will display choices....
>>
>> Oh, and you did note that no matter how you set it up, it *ALWAYS* wants
>> slots 2& 3 to be RAID group 0, and the drives in slots 0 and 1 to be
>> group 2?
>>
>> Oh, yes, and it also *REFUSES* to display any drive that's not raided,
>> even if you want your boot and root on a drive that's not raided....
>>
>> I decided Friday that this *thing* was designed and signed off on by
>> two-toothed idiots with IQs around 57, decended from generations of the
>> same who couldn't manage to run a farm, whose ancestors came to the US by
>> selling themselves as indentured servants, who once they were here were
>> *fired* because they were too stupid to follow directions....
>>
>> mark "would you like me to *really* tell you how I feel about them?"
>>
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