From: SP K (spk_ie at domain yahoo.co.uk)
Date: Mon 17 Jul 2000 - 16:14:39 IST
OOPS! maybe its not a good idea to comment this out
..its the scsi hdd controller ! :/
--- lbedford at domain wbtsystems.com wrote: > On Mon, Jul 17,
2000 at 04:02:23PM +0100, SP K
> wrote:
> > yes i have done make modules and make
> modules_install,
> > and i installed the SCSI driver but didnt choose
> it as
> > a module , does this mean i have to restart again
> and
> > choose aic7xxx as a module ??
> no, if you included it in the kernel, then you
> should comment out
> the line
> scsi_host_adapter
> in /etc/conf.modules (at least while you're doing
> the mkinitrd).
>
> Basically, it sees that you have a scsi_host_adapter
> chosen, and
> assumes you need it to boot. Thus it includes it in
> the initrd for
> booting.
>
> Which is your root device?
> If you append the following to /etc/lilo.conf:
> image=/boot/vmlinux-2.2.16
> label=exp
> root=/dev/sda6 <or whatever is your root partition>
>
> and run lilo, can you boot from exp?
>
> L.
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