hi:
i gave several patches back to mkCDrec to let it work under
mandrake 8.2, but i don't know if the newest version of mkcdrec
work under 8.2. i remember the authour will get a box version of
mandrake 8.2. so maybe he will fix it next version.
> Hi,
>
> Has anyone managed to get mkCDrec
> http://mkcdrec.ota.be/project/download.html working under Mandrake 8.2?
>
> I've been trying over the last couple of days to get it up and running
> and so far I cant create a rescue CD or complete image.
>
> Rescue CD fails with Kernel Panic;
>
> Uncompressing...............................................................>
>........................................done.
> Freeing initrd memory:1212k freed
> VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
> Journalled Block Device driver loaded
> SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
> kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k block-major-8, error = 2 VFS:
> Cannot open root device "" or 08:05
> Please append correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:05
>
> I've run through all the instructions and FAQ's but am getting no were
> fast.
>
> make test gives all OK
>
> make (option 1) runs without any errors, but does give Warnings were it
> cant find certain files/directories but nothing that seems to relate to
> the core system.
>
> I've added the following to /mkcdrec/Config.sh
>
> KERNEL_APPEND="mount=devfs"
>
> and
>
> DEVFS=1
>
> If I don't use these then the rescue CD boot to a prompt but I cant
> issue and commands and there is a whole sequence of unresolved symbols
> errors relating to SCSI devices.
>
> I'm using the standard Kernel and this has;
>
> CONFIG_IDE=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
>
> As recommended by the FAQ.
>
> IDESCSI is loading as a module and when I look at the mkcdrec.log it
> copy's;
>
> ide_scsi.o
> scsi_mod.o
>
> The only thing that does not match the documentation is
>
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE=32000 (doc says should be 4096 or 8192)
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Andy
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