Re: Issues in Booting kernel 2.6.13

[Simen Thoresen <simentt@dolphinics.no>]

Hi Randy, Devesh,

Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> On Sat, 08 Oct 2005 21:25:03 +0200 Simen Thoresen wrote:
> 
> 
>>Hi Randy,
>>
>>Randy.Dunlap wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 6 Oct 2005 10:46:37 +0530 devesh sharma wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi all,
>>>>I have compiled 2.6.13 kernel on a opteron machine with 1 GB physical
>>>>memory, Whole compilation gose well but at the last step
>>>>make install I am getting a warning
>>>>WARNING: No module mptbase found for kernel 2.6.13, continuing anyway
>>>>WARNING: No module mptscsih found for kernel 2.6.13, continuing anyway
>>>
>>>
>>>If you need mpt drivers, there were some changes in the
>>>FUSION MPT driver options that may be causing them not to be
>>>built for you as you were expecting.
>>
>>I ran into this (2.6.13.3) on Friday as well, but I have not yet examined it 
>>in detail.
>>
>>Do you have any pointers to the relevant postings or information?
> 
> 
> No, I just recall seeing a few other problem reports and answers about it,
> and then I compared the 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 .config files following
> 'make defconfig'.

It worked with 2.6.12.6, so I'm happy. It now remains to be seen if 
there was any point in upgrading .-)

> 
>>I've used the 'mkinitrd' tool to generate a 'proper' initrd, and I see both 
>>mptbase and mptscsih loading, but mptscsih never picks up any actual 
>>controllers or disks. Thus the same problem on my system.
>>
>>To me, this signifies that RHs mkinitrd is broken for this kernel, but I 
>>don't know the details of why yet.
> 
> 
> so maybe someone from Red Hat can answer/clarify.

I agree. I'll cross my fingers that this gets fixed 'now' and not in 
time for RH5 :-)

-S

> 
>>Yours,
>>-S
>>
>>
>>
>>>>now when I boot my kernel, panic is received
>>>>Booting the kernel.
>>>>Red Hat nash version 4.1.18 starting
>>>>mkrootdev: lable / not found
>>>>mount: error 2 mounting ext3
>>>>mount: error 2 mounting none
>>>>switchroot: mount failed : 22
>>>>umount : /initrd/dev failed : 22
>>>>kernel panic - not syncing : Attempted to kill init
>>>>
>>>>What could be the problem?
>>>>I have RHEL 4 base release already installed on which I have compiled
>>>>this image.
> 
> 
> 
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> ~Randy
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