Re: Problem booting 2.6.13 on RHEL 4

Rajat Jain
2005-09-28T09:18:22Z

>
> On Wed, 14 Sep 2005, Rajat Jain wrote:
>
> > Hi list,
> >
> > I am using RHEL4 distribution, and am trying to boot with vanilla
> > 2.6.13 stock kernel. My system has two onboard Adaptec SCSI
> > controllers. I am booting using initrd, and passing the correct
> > "root=" option. The following message pops up while trying to boot
> > with 2.6.13:
> >
>
> it might be worth trying an updated 'mkinitrd'. The one currently in rhel4
> can currently do parallel 'insmod's, which might be causing this issue.
> See bugzilla: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=145660
> for more detail. This is fixed in U2, which isn't quite shipping yet, but
> in the meantime, I think you can get the updated package from the U2 beta
> channel.

Hi Jason,

Thanks a TON! I was truggling with mkinitrd and nash for the past 3
weeks, and finally a *very* odd combination of mkinitrd and nash
solved the problem. But thanks for your inputs, they've been really
helpful.

Rajat