Re: mkinitrd, ramdisk failure?

[Russell Cattelan <cattelan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"D. Stimits" wrote:

> To summarize, things are still failing. When I use modules for scsi, it
> is apparent that no ramdisk is being used at all. I have tried
> variations of using original mkinitrd, as well as mkinitrd.xfs. I
> definitely have a ramdisk that contains the required modules, it just
> ignores it. Here is the most recent mkinitrd command:
> mkinitrd \
>  -v \
>  -f \
>  --preload pagebuf \
>  --preload xfs_support \
>  --preload xfs \
>  --with=scsi_mod \
>  --with=sd_mod \
>  --with=aic7xxx \
>  /boot/ir-2.4.6-p1-xfs-3.img \
>  2.4.6-pre1-xfs-3

I shouldn't make a difference but I would load the scsi drivers first.

>
> boot=/dev/sda
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> prompt
> timeout=50
> message=/boot/message
> linear
> vga=0x030c
> default=2.4.6-p1-xfs-2
> backup=boot.backup.when-2.4.6-pre1-xfs-3
>
> # FAILS, uses modules.
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.6-pre1-xfs-3
>         label=2.4.6-p1-xfs-3
>         initrd=/boot/ir-2.4.6-p1-xfs-3.img
>         read-only
>         root=/dev/sda6
>         append="noapic ramdisk_size=16000"

Why are you booting noapic?



When the system boots do you see messages about the ram disk loading?
about XFS or Pagebuf  messages? scsi controller messages?




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Russell Cattelan
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