Re: Compiling a kernel problems

2010-07-05 Thread alan
On Mon, 5 Jul 2010, Bill Davidsen wrote: > Alex wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to compile a kernel with aacraid support for a dual Opteron >> 246 box with two 36GB disks on a Tyan S2891, using an initrd and lilo. >> >> There is an older kernel on there that works just fine, so I suspect >> it's so

Re: Compiling a kernel problems

2010-07-05 Thread Bill Davidsen
Alex wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to compile a kernel with aacraid support for a dual Opteron > 246 box with two 36GB disks on a Tyan S2891, using an initrd and lilo. > > There is an older kernel on there that works just fine, so I suspect > it's something I'm missing in the kernel config. No matt

Re: Compiling a kernel problems

2010-06-30 Thread Alex
Hi, > Alternately you can build the required disk drivers into the kernel > directly and not use an initramfs.  You only need the drivers necessary > to mount your root filesystem. Yes, that is the approach I have taken, because the initramfs image didn't work either. It's really a matter of whic

Re: Compiling a kernel problems

2010-06-30 Thread Rick Stevens
On 06/30/2010 03:31 PM, Alex wrote: > Hi, > >>> It's either a kernel bug or I'm missing something, like ACPI drivers, >>> or something else that it depends on. >> >> Are you sure the initrd ramdisk got rebuilt? > > You mean the modules are for the correct kernel version, right? Yes, > and I've even

Re: Compiling a kernel problems

2010-06-30 Thread Alex
Hi, >> It's either a kernel bug or I'm missing something, like ACPI drivers, >> or something else that it depends on. > > Are you sure the initrd ramdisk got rebuilt? You mean the modules are for the correct kernel version, right? Yes, and I've even built it manually. I'm going to try and build

Re: Compiling a kernel problems

2010-06-30 Thread Rick Stevens
On 06/30/2010 02:52 PM, Alex wrote: > Hi, > >>> There is an older kernel on there that works just fine, >> >> I've got config- files that go with all my kernels. >> If you have one that matches the old working kernel, you >> could see what config options it turns on. > > Yes, I should have mention

Re: Compiling a kernel problems

2010-06-30 Thread Alex
Hi, >> There is an older kernel on there that works just fine, > > I've got config- files that go with all my kernels. > If you have one that matches the old working kernel, you > could see what config options it turns on. Yes, I should have mentioned that I tried that, but there are just so many

Re: Compiling a kernel problems

2010-06-30 Thread Tom Horsley
On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:57:56 -0400 Alex wrote: > There is an older kernel on there that works just fine, I've got config- files that go with all my kernels. If you have one that matches the old working kernel, you could see what config options it turns on. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedor

Compiling a kernel problems

2010-06-30 Thread Alex
Hi, I'm trying to compile a kernel with aacraid support for a dual Opteron 246 box with two 36GB disks on a Tyan S2891, using an initrd and lilo. There is an older kernel on there that works just fine, so I suspect it's something I'm missing in the kernel config. No matter what I try, the kernel