Re: 3ware 9000 question

[Geoff Soutter <gst@soutter.org>]

Hi Simon,

(good to see another k1w1 around the place)

Looks like pivot_root can't find the root filesystem - a common problem 
but the error is unfortunately unhelpful.

I had this for a USB HD because the proper usb modules are not added to 
the initrd created on the installed disk.

Assuming there is a kernel module for the card you mention, you probably 
just need to add the appropriate module and and maybe a delay to the 
installed initrd using mkinitrd manually during the install phase.

See:

http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2004/11/msg01601.html

geoff

Simon Buchanan wrote:
> Hi There, I know that there are some issues with the 3ware 9000 series 
> raid cards... but would like to know (please) if there is any light at 
> the end of the tunnel here and/or if there is a way to get these card 
> working...
>
> I have proceeded with an install (linux62 and expert62) with the rc2 
> installer (netinstall) that i downloaded a couple of days ago... and get 
> this on rebooting after:
>
> SCSI subsystem initialized
> pivot_root: no such file or directory
> /sbin/init: 42: cannot open dev/console: no such file
> Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
>
> on re-booting, after base install... Everything seems to work perfectly 
> up till then?
>
> Any help is much needed!
>
> Regards,
>
> Simon