[lug] AIC-7890 SCSI Controller

[Anders Knudsen]

I found this howto essential for redhat kernel updating...

http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/howto/kernel-upgrade/kernel-upgrade.html

-anders.

At 03:05 PM 3/12/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 01:34:10PM -0800, Dhruva Reddy wrote:
> >
> > I updated the kernel from 2.2.14 to 2.2.18, and when I
> > try to boot the new one, it cannot seem to mount the
> > root file system, and the kernel panics.
>
>Is your primary hard drive SCSI? If so, then the SCSI driver (aic7xxx) 
>needs to be available to the kernel at boot time - in your case, in the 
>initial ramdisk (typically named initrd-KERNELVERSION).
>
>Did you UPDATE the kernel (rpm -U), or did you install it (rpm -i)?
>
>If you installed it, then just boot to the older kernel and create a 
>suitable initrd file for the newer kernel:
>
>mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.2.18  (or whatever the exact version is)
>
>Then edit /etc/lilo.conf, and add "initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.18" to the 
>section which mentions the new kernel.
>
>Finally, run lilo.  You can now reboot to the new kernel.
>
>
>If you UPDATED it (removing the old kernel - that's a no-no, BTW, until 
>you've successfully booted to the new kernel), then you'll need to create 
>a boot floppy with the SCSI module on board.  Is there any chance you did 
>this during the install, or some time before doing the kernel update?
>
>At any rate, you _should_ be able to boot from that floppy, then make the 
>new initrd file as described above.
>
>Calvin
>
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>Calvin Dodge
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