reassign 261320 makedev retitle 261320 please add dac960 to default device list for alpha thanks
On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 12:43:06AM -0500, Nathan Poznick wrote: > Debian-installer-version: > http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/alpha/20040724/sarge-alpha-businesscard.iso > uname -a: Linux buddha 2.4.26-1-generic #2 Sat May 1 16:31:16 EST 2004 alpha unknown > Date: Sat, July 24, 11:30pm > Method: Booted via SRM from the CD > Machine: AlphaServer 2100 4/275 > Processor: EV45 > Memory: 512MB > Root Device: DAC960 RAID5 /dev/rd/disc0/disc > Root Size/partition table: > Since it's only recently been possible to use the DEC OEM'd DAC960 > controllers during the debian installation, this may be something that's > just never been caught. > I think this may be related to an earlier bug - way back in the day, > mkinitrd would fail on cciss and dac960 controllers because it was > looking for something like /dev/rd/disc0/part4, and those controllers > used devices of the form /dev/[cciss|rd]/c0d0p4. However, now only > /dev/rd/disc0/part4 exists, although mkinitrd is now looking for > /dev/rd/c0d0p4. From the debug logs: Gruh, I thought I filed a bug about this a long time ago, but I must have missed it. :/ Bdale, please add "dac960" to the list of devices created by default on alpha. As noted above, DEC shipped DAC960 controllers with Alphas, so this is a fairly common configuration that should be supported. Thanks, -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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