I did the mkinitrd to create a new image (mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.5.46.img 2.5.46). I then edited the initrd accordingly in grub.conf. As for my setup, I know my primary controller is indeed a Promise SCSI/IDE controller. And lines 13-16 do represent my original working configuration. When I rebooted, I got the same error as before. There is some information leading up to this that may also be useful. Are these messages logged somewhere? If so, I can post that and that might help. Also, I was playing with a lot of configuration options without really knowing what I was doing, so is it possible I screwed up something there? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bernd Petrovitsch" <bernd@gams.at> To: <kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 10:53 AM Subject: Re: Trying to build 2.5.46 > [ fixed TOFU quoting ] > > "Usman S. Ansari" <uansari@yahoo.com> wrote: > >--- Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@gams.at> wrote: > >> "Mark Hamblin" <MarkHamblin@cox.net> wrote: > >> >13 title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-3) > >> >14 root (hd0,0) > >> >15 kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-3 ro root=/dev/hde2 > >> >16 initrd /initrd-2.4.18-3.img > >> >17 title Red Hat Linux (2.5.46) > >> >18 root (hd0,0) > >> >19 kernel /bzImage-2.5.46 ro root=/dev/hde2 > >> >20 initrd /initrd-2.4.18-3.img > >> > > >> >I added lines 17-20. Note that I use bzImage instead of vmlinuz. I'm not > >> >sure about that. I also don't know if I should modify the initrd line. > >> > >> Line 20 as of above is definitely wrong. Either you create an initrd > >> for your kernel version or (which is probably the simpler thing) is > >> compile all drivers statically into kernel which are necessary to > >> mount / (the root filesystem), i.e. usually the IDE or SCSI driver > >> and the filesystem driver (ext2, ext3, or whatever) and delete line > >> 20 from above. > > >On line 15 and 19, are you sure it is /dev/hde, which means that (correct me i > >f wrong), your > > I assumed line 13-16 is the original working boot configuration. > > >harddisk is 5th ide device on your system. Usually motherboards only have supp > >ort for 4 ide device. > > Actually I have here a motherboard (Asus A7V) which a primary VIA IDE > controller and a secondary/external/"SCSI" Promise IDE controller. > So yes, having hda-hdh is actually quite possible. > > Bernd > > -- > Bernd Petrovitsch Email : bernd@gams.at > g.a.m.s gmbh Fax : +43 1 205255-900 > Prinz-Eugen-Straße 8 A-1040 Vienna/Austria/Europe > LUGA : http://www.luga.at > > > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
