Bug#80786: marked as done (2.2r2 Boot Failure From CDROM)
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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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Subject: Re: Bug#80786: 2.2r2 Boot Failure From CDROM
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From: Adam Di Carlo <adam@onshore.com>
Date: 29 Dec 2000 18:12:42 -0500
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"Jonathan B. Horen" <horen@post.tau.ac.il> writes:
> 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?
The next driver in the list is what is hanging you. I bet it's the
qlogic driver or something.
> Alternatively, can I manually turn-OFF the md driver at the boot prompt?
>
> Any ideas what might be going on?
Yes, and ther'es nothing we can do about it. There is simply no way
to provide one kernel for all i386 machines. At least not in Linux.
Blame IBM or the kernel hackers.
You're solution is to use the 'compact' or 'idepci' flavors, on the
2nd and 3rd CDs.
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.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
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