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Re: Unable to mount SCSI root fs with pr0.10test1 or test2

Subject: Re: Unable to mount SCSI root fs with pr0.10test1 or test2
From: Chris Croswhite <ccroswhite@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 18:27:06 -0800
Cc: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxx>, K Mitchell Russell <kmrussel@xxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
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I just ran a clean Wolverine install on an Adaptec equiped machine and ran into NO PROBLEMS. This would lead me to believe that the XFS install has in someway changed what anaconda is doing or this has something to do with DFS? I have not a clue. Is there anyone who can clear this up?


TIA,
Chris


Chris Croswhite wrote:

I have tried the 10test on another machine with scsi drive. Again, I get the same panic of can not open root device. Is there a fix for this?

Chris

Eric Sandeen wrote:

On 23 Mar 2001 20:14:16 -0500, K Mitchell Russell wrote:

Interestingly, i reinstalled pr0.9, booted up fine.  Then upgraded
mkinitrd to 3.0.6, e2fsprogs to 1.19, and installed the
kernel-smp-2.4.2-SGI_XFS_0.10.i686.rpm from the pr0.10test2.  Then
created a new initrd from the 2.4.2-SGI_XFS_0.10smp modules, and this
boots fine!  Perhaps there is a problem with the Wolverine installer
creating the initrd...



Hm.... well, I did a full scsi install here on an adaptec controller (aic7xxx driver) and it's a good news / bad news sort of thing - the good news is that it all went fine, and booted right up. The bad news is I didn't reproduce your error. :)

I'll take a look at what anaconda is doing... perhaps there is a problem
there.

Also, I'm not surprised that the boot floppy creation failed - kernel +
xfs + scsi driver is getting pretty big...  I guess we should disable
that or at least offer a warning if we can't make it fit.

-Eric









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