Thanks to all who sent me a solution.
The one I used (and it worked) was booting from an installation floppy,
(created using rawrite) loading the SCSI module and then booting the installed
system. Once in the system I could recompile the kernel and point LILO to the
new kernel. (As advised in t
Hi Mark,
On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 01:09:46AM -0600, Mark A.Tagliaferro wrote:
> I am installing SuSE linux 7.1 on a system with the Adaptek 19160 SCSI
> adapter. I found the modules for the card on the modules floppy (used
> autoload modules option). The installation works fine, (I'm using the go
On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Hactar wrote:
> I know somebody who had an all-SCSI Linux system
... ya mean there's systems that *ain't*?!
-Kenny
--
Kenneth R. Crudup Sr. SW Engineer, Scott County Consulting, Washington, D.C.
Home1: PO Box 914 Silver Spring, MD 20910-0914 [EMA
Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > > > The kernel has to be on a non-SCSI device (for now).
> >
> > True. The root fs has to be on a non-SCSI device, yes?
>
> False. You can have everything on scsi
I mean for now, until the problem gets fixed. I know somebody who had
an all-SCSI Linux system, so I know it
> > > The kernel has to be on a non-SCSI device (for now).
>
> True. The root fs has to be on a non-SCSI device, yes?
False. You can have everything on scsi
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in
the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > "Mark A.Tagliaferro" wrote:
> > > If I install LILO to floppy disk instead of Master Boot Sector will the
> > > standard kernel be able to boot?
> >
> > The kernel has to be on a non-SCSI device (for now).
True. The root fs has to be on a non-SCSI device, yes?
-
To unsubsc
> "Mark A.Tagliaferro" wrote:
> > If I install LILO to floppy disk instead of Master Boot Sector will the
> > standard kernel be able to boot?
>
> The kernel has to be on a non-SCSI device (for now).
Thats not true. The kernel needs to be on whatever the BIOS decides to boot
Alan
-
To unsubscr
"Mark A.Tagliaferro" wrote:
> If I install LILO to floppy disk instead of Master Boot Sector will the
> standard kernel be able to boot?
The kernel has to be on a non-SCSI device (for now).
> Could I add an IDE device to the system, boot the standard kernel from there,
> build a new kernel that
Mark A . Tagliaferro wrote:
> >Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> request_module[block-major-8]: Root fs not mounted
> >> VFS: Cannot open root device "803" or 08:03
> >> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> >> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:03
> >>
> >> ...could
>Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> request_module[block-major-8]: Root fs not mounted
>> VFS: Cannot open root device "803" or 08:03
>> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
>> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:03
>>
>> ...could this be because the kernel has to be told
> request_module[block-major-8]: Root fs not mounted
> VFS: Cannot open root device "803" or 08:03
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:03
>
> ...could this be because the kernel has to be told to load the SCSI module, or
> that I have t
11 matches
Mail list logo
