On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 01:29 -0800, Michael Phoenix wrote: > I am having trouble trying to install version 2.6.15 of the linux > kernel onto a machine that is currently running 2.6.9 version of the > kernel. I am using the 2.6.9 configuration file and running make > install successfully. When I try to boot the new kernel, I get the > following: > No entry for device mapper found Is device mapper driver missing from kernel? > Failure to communicate with kernel > mount: error 19 mounting ext3 > mount: error 2 mounting none > > Apparently the device mapper is being used on the current kernel and > does exist in the direcotory /sys/misc. What do I need to do to get my > new kernel to run? According to what I've read, every kernel since > 2.6.9 should have it in the source. > I checked the .config file and couldn't find anything called device > mapper. There was an entry for an IOMAPPER associated with a certain > scsi device that was commented out, but I have no idea what to put > after =. I couldn't find a comparable entry using make menuconfig. Any > help would be greatly appreciated. > I don't really have any need for it so if I can get my kernel to run > without it that is an acceptable solution. > > Mike I had this similar problem. And it wasn't with DM. It was something strange with using the old config file. I had to create a new config file with the new kernel. Brad Dameron SeaTab Software www.seatab.com -- dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel
