[ale] SCSI boot question

[Douglas Bridges]

Basics: Did you put in SCSI support for the 2940 when you compiled the
kernel? You don't want it compiled as a module if you are using the device
to boot. Also, did you make sure that you included whatever filesystem you
are using to boot with in the kernel.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Kruger" <bkruger at mindspring.com>
To: ale at ale.org
To: <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 6:18 PM
Subject: [ale] SCSI boot question


> I just installed Slackware v8.0 on a system with an Adaptec 2940 SCSI
> controller.  The Slackware default is to load kernel version 2.2.19.
> The SCSI disk (/dev/sda) has two partitions.  /dev/sda1 is type 83 and
> bootable, /dev/sda2 is type 82.
>
> Slackware 8.0 loaded just fine onto the SCSI HD, and booted just fine.
> I then compiled version 2.4.5 kernel that also comes with Slakware 8.0,
> and now get the following error on bootup:
>
> VFS:  Cannot open root device "801" or 08:01
> Please append a correct "root" boot optionb
> Kernel panic:  VFS:  Unable to mout root fs on 08:01
>
> My lilo.conf file correctly points towards /dev/sda1 for both the choice
> to boot kernel 2.2.19 and kernel 2.4.5.  When I chose kernel 2.2.19 from
> lilo at bootup, all works well.  Chosing 2.4.5 or version 2.4.10 (which
> I tried as well) gives me the same error as shown above.
>
> Any hints?
>
> Regards - Bob Kruger
>
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