newly built kernel dies during boot

[Warren Togami]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Lockhart" <lockhart at irtf.ifa.hawaii.edu>
To: "Linux & Unix Advocates & Users" <luau at list.luau.hi.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 2:45 PM
Subject: [luau] newly built kernel dies during boot


> Hi,
>
> I've been trying to build a vanilla kernel that'll work with the machine I
> have, but to no avail.  Well, actually, they seem to build fine, but then
> the system won't come up.  The system is a Compaq Proliant DL360, 2 P3
> uP's, 1GB ram, 2 scsi drives w/ raid controller, 2 pci busses, etc.  Below
> is the last blurb that it prints out before it dies.  It's running rh7.2,
> but loading a 2.4.17 kernel.
>
> One other question, I wanted to slow down the start up so I can see what
> it's doing before it gets to this point, is there a way to do this?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> -Charles

Did you compile that SCSI RAID driver as a module or included in the kernel?
It looks like it can't find the disk devices.  The easy way of fixing this
is to simply include the driver in the kernel (monolithic).  The other
method is to compile it as a module, and make an initrd image that is also
loaded by LILO or GRUB at boot along with the kernel.

Don't forget to do the same thing with ext3, otherwise RH 7.2 will boot and
you'll think it is using ext3, but it is really ext2.

Anyone know how to make an initrd image?  I was never successful in building
one that worked.