IDE Problems with 2.5.39

IDE Problems with 2.5.39

[Andrew Walrond]

Hi,

I can't boot with 2.5.39 because the built-in  ide driver (ServerWorks 
CSB5) can't see hda, and VFS says "Cannot open root device "hda3" or 
03:03" which results in a kernel panic

Works fine with 2.4.20-pre? with identical kernel setup and kernel 
parameter root=/dev/hda3

Is this a known problem? Any way around it or patches?

TIA
Andrew

Re: IDE Problems with 2.5.39

[JF]

On Sun, 2002-09-29 at 23:50, Andrew Walrond wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I can't boot with 2.5.39 because the built-in  ide driver (ServerWorks 
> CSB5) can't see hda, and VFS says "Cannot open root device "hda3" or 
> 03:03" which results in a kernel panic
> 
> Works fine with 2.4.20-pre? with identical kernel setup and kernel 
> parameter root=/dev/hda3
> 
> Is this a known problem? Any way around it or patches?

I used to have this problem with 2.5 too
It went from the IDE controller chipset.

Are you sure that you have only 1 IDE controller chipset ?

I have both PIIX4 and HPT366. Root FS is on HPT366 controller. Enabling
only PIIX4 used to work with 2.4 but doesn't with 2.5 anymore (got
exactly your problem). I had to enable specific support for both.

I suppose your root FS is on a specific IDE controller for which the
support is not enabled (check the different type in the IDE/ATA kernel
config section)

Regards.

Re: IDE Problems with 2.5.39

[Andrew Walrond]

Nope; This is the latest Asus PR-DLS dual Xeon motherboard with

ServerWorks^® Grand Champion LE North Bridge (CMIC-LE)
ServerWorks^® Champion South Bridge (CSB5)
ServerWorks^® 64-bit PCI-X Bridge (CIOB-X2)

And the Serverworks IDE driver doesn't see my drive.
Works Fine with 2.4.20-pre8

Who should I be talking to?

JF wrote:

>On Sun, 2002-09-29 at 23:50, Andrew Walrond wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I can't boot with 2.5.39 because the built-in  ide driver (ServerWorks 
>>CSB5) can't see hda, and VFS says "Cannot open root device "hda3" or 
>>03:03" which results in a kernel panic
>>
>>Works fine with 2.4.20-pre? with identical kernel setup and kernel 
>>parameter root=/dev/hda3
>>
>>Is this a known problem? Any way around it or patches?
>>    
>>
>
>I used to have this problem with 2.5 too
>It went from the IDE controller chipset.
>
>Are you sure that you have only 1 IDE controller chipset ?
>
>I have both PIIX4 and HPT366. Root FS is on HPT366 controller. Enabling
>only PIIX4 used to work with 2.4 but doesn't with 2.5 anymore (got
>exactly your problem). I had to enable specific support for both.
>
>I suppose your root FS is on a specific IDE controller for which the
>support is not enabled (check the different type in the IDE/ATA kernel
>config section)
>
>Regards.
>
>  
>