Re: failure notice

--On Tuesday, October 29, 2002 03:56:22 PM +0000 
[email protected] wrote:

> -On Tuesday, October 29, 2002 10:13:54 AM +0100 Stefan Fent
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> * Bill MacAllister <[email protected]> [021029
>> 08:33]:
>>>
>>>
>>> --On Monday, October 28, 2002 12:16:16 PM +0100 Stefan Fent
>>> <[email protected]>  wrote:
>>>
>>> > Just a guess:
>>> > Does the kernel detect the scsi-controller ?
>>> > If not, enter the module name into /etc/rc.config:
>>> >
>>> > INITRD_MODULES="<module_name>"
>>> >
>>> > w/o '.o'!
>>> >
>>> > (Some of the SCSI-drivers were compiled in the 7.1 kernel)
>>> >
>>> > and do the  'mk_initrd'-call  again.
>>>
>>> Stephan F.,
>>>
>>> Just noticed there are two Stephan's answering my questions.
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Okay, you are right is sure looks like the SCSI drivers are missing.
>>> But,  adding 'qlogicisp' to the modules list in rc.config and
>>> re-issuing the  mk_initrd didn't change the problem either.
>>
>> So what error messages do you get ?
>> The module is available in stepan's k_deflt.rpm.
>
> Sorry, I am not in front of this machine and won't be again until
> tonight.  It gets pretty far and poops out right around the area that
> RAID support is loaded.  On a normal boot it is this area that you
> see  the discovery of the SCSI disks, on the new SuSE kernel the boot
> never  discovers the disk and fails with a panic stop because it
> cannot mount  the root file system.  I will get exact wording
> tonight.  I am going to  end up copying the boot display to paper.
> Is there a file that has the  output from the previous boot?  It
> would save us both from my  transcription errors.
>
>>>
>>> So, next I decided to try the source that I download from Stephan
>>> R's  directory.  When I try rpm -i I get a conflict from some files
>>> from the  2.2.19 kernel.  I am not an rpm expert, but I did try
>>> --force and  --relocate all to no avail.
>>
>> rpm -i --force --nodeps may help.
>> (or, do a 'rpm -e kernel-source' before installing the new
>> kernel-source)
>
> Hmmm, I did try the --nodeps, but I didn't try it with --force.  At
> this point it would be great to just get a tar ball.
>
>>>
>>> I finally just went back to the source that I downloaded from
>>> www.kernels.org.  The build seems to work okay, but I am
>>> uncomfortable  about a "error" indicator  that I am getting out of
>>> make modules_install:
>>>
>>> -screen
>>> cut------------------------------------------------------------ cd
>>> /lib/modules/2.4.19; \
>>> mkdir -p pcmcia; \
>>> find kernel -path '*/pcmcia/*' -name '*.o' | xargs -i -r ln -sf
>>> ../{} pcmcia if [ -r System.map ]; then /sbin/depmod -ae -F
>>> System.map  2.4.19; fi depmod:
>>> /lib/modules/2.4.19/modules.ieee1394map is not an ELF file depmod:
>>> error reading ELF header /lib/modules/2.4.19/modules.pnpbiosmap:
>>> Success
>>> -screen
>>> cut------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> I guess it is okay because the last thing is says is 'Success',
>>> right?
>>>
>>
>> I wouldn't worry about this.
>
> Thanks.
>
>>> I really hate having to try and answer all of those questions.
>>> There are  enough of them I just do not think my 15-30 minute scan
>>> of the help is  really good enought to get it right.  What I was
>>> hoping for from the rpm's  that I downloaded from Stephan R's
>>> directory was to benefit from the  expertise at SuSE.  At this
>>> point, I would still prefer using the SuSE  kernel if I can.  Is
>>> there something stupid I am doing?  If not, what are  the
>>> differences between the kernel I build from www.kernels.org and the
>>> one  that I get from SuSE?
>>
>> It would be very helpful to have the error messages you get from
>> SuSE-kernel. The differences are quite big.
>
> Okay, I get them very late in the day here or very early tomorrow for
> you.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Bill
>
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