Bug#80786: 2.2r2 Boot Failure From CDROM
Package: boot-floppies
Verson: 2.2r2
flavor: potato
architecture: i386
model: roll-your-own (AMD K6-III/400 on an FIC VA-503A M/B)
memory: 256MB
scsi: n/a
cd-rom: ASUS, ATAPI
network card: Realtek 8139
pcmcia: n/a
Booting from CDROM #1 (acquired from CheapBytes), the boot process runs
fine -- recognizes both my hard drives (Maxtor 20GB and 40GB), my CDROM,
Iomega ZIP drive, and floppy drive -- right up until:
md driver 0.36.6 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8
and then quits (hangs) there. No keyboard control (CTL-ALT-DEL
inactive). This is with the 2.2.18pre21 kernel (interestingly, on my
current Redhat/6.2 installation, which I am DYING to replace), I'm
running the 2.2.18 kernel, but I've never encountered this "md driver").
OK, so I looked in the 2.2.18/driver sources and read through md.c --
great, big deal, it's for RAID; so what? Does the kernel get confused
with my 2nd drive and think it's some array? What's the deal?
Alternatively, can I manually turn-OFF the md driver at the boot prompt?
Any ideas what might be going on?
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JONATHAN B. HOREN UNIX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION
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