On Friday 26 August 2005 11:23, Ralph wrote: > Hi Pat, > > thanks for Your fast reply, but that isn't it. > I did exactly what You wrote before, so the sym53c8xx > and scsi disk IS in config flagged with "Y". > When I compare the top of the logs, there's already > something different. The original kernel loads ramdisk first > and later finds the cramfs and mounts it. > The new kernel does a chrp-boot... > Must really have to do with initrd/cramfs/ramdisk.
Can you send your config? I've got a couple of 7043-260s, and could try out your kernel on one of mine. The thing I noticed is that it doesn't seem to be trying to init the scsi controller on the machine in the 'newer' config you have listed. I'll have to do a bit of digging around, but I'll try to get my kernel config to send you. > BTW I just want to build my own kernel to get rid of > the IDE support in the original kernel, since the "noprobe" > kernel argument doesn't work and this adds about 2 minutes > boot time for probing something, that isn't really there. > Maybe noprobe is fixed in a newer kernel, but as far as I know, > 2.6.11 is the last 32bit-smp-kernel. And although I'm on a 64-bit > machine, I'd like to use the 32-bit environment for compatibility > reasons to an older ppc-machine here. FYI, I've only run a 64-bit kernel on POWER3 machines like the 260; the 64-bit kernel runs 32-bit userland code just fine, you can use a 64-bit kernel to run the same exact software that's running on a 32-bit Power(PC) machine. Pat -- Purdue University Research Computing --- http://www.rcac.purdue.edu/ The Computer Refuge --- http://computer-refuge.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
