Bug#290474: initrd-tools: Similar problem on K8N Neo2, sata_nv missing
Package: initrd-tools
Version: 0.1.81.1
Followup-For: Bug #290474
When upgrading from a 2.4 to a 2.6 kernel on a SATA machine,
booting becomes impossible because mkinitrd does not include
the SATA drivers that are now required to handle the SATA disk
on 2.6. On 2.4, the same disks have been handled by the generic
PATA (aka IDE) drivers.
The problem is fixable by editing the module list of the initrd
manually (mounting the cramfs, editing by hand). Specifically,
for the mentioned board (K8N Neo2), the following driver must be
supplied:
sata_nv
since this is an nforce chipset. Depending on the chipset,
more/other drivers should be included.
On upgrading from 2.4 to 2.6, it is suggested that the package upgrades
the following details:
a) Include the SATA drivers, even though SATA is currently not in use
for 2.4. (Fix in this package)
b) Update /etc/fstab since the SATA drives appear now at /dev/sd?
instead of /dev/hd? (where should this fix be done? kernel-image?)
c) Update /etc/grub/menu.list to reflect the location of root.
(fix in grub package)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-1-k7
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8@euro (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages initrd-tools depends on:
ii coreutils [fileutils] 5.2.1-2 The GNU core utilities
ii cpio 2.5-1.2 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii cramfsprogs 1.1-6 Tools for CramFs (Compressed ROM F
ii dash 0.5.2-5 The Debian Almquist Shell
ii util-linux 2.12p-4 Miscellaneous system utilities
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