hello joshua, On Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 11:13:04AM -0600, Joshua Rubin wrote: > > So I am open to any tips as to how to write to non volatile media in the > initramfs. I can not mount my HDDs, there is no floppy device or modules, no > useful network programs (that I could find) to send a file to another > computer.
netcat is your friend, aren't cats always cute? :) host A: netcat -l -p 9999 > dmesg host B - initramfs trouble: dmesg | netcat hostA 9999 > Anyway, I will try to type out anything I find relevant. > > cat /proc/modules (in initramfs): > ide_generic > ide_cd > cdrom > serverworks > cpqarray > sym53c8xx > scsi_transport_spi > scsi_mod > generic > e100 > mii > ide_core > thermal > processor > fan that looks fine. > As far as dmesg errors related to ida, here is what I found: > dmesg | grep -i ida > Kernel command line: root=/dev/ida/c0d0p1 ro > cpqarray: Finding drives on ida0<4>cpqarray ida0: idaSendPciCmd Timeout out, > No command list address returned! > cpqarray ida0: idaSendPciCmd Timeout out, No command list address returned! hmm ok that explains why udev doesn't come up with partitions. > Again, I would love to send you the full dmesg if you can give any > suggestions > how it can be done. see above, please do so. best regards -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
