On 5/17/05, Alex Polite <notmyprivateemail@gmail.com> wrote:
> Maybe you can move them back into the original order?
No. I had two drives on the same IDE channel. The Software RAID howto
tells me this is a Bad Thing.
> If you need an initrd, you will need to install a bootloader like
> GRUB (preferably) or LILO onto the floppy anyway. I do not see why
> installing GRUB on a floppy is easier than installing it on your
> harddisk.
If I put everything on a floppy/CD then at least I don't have to worry
about RAID autodetection issues. So maybe it's a bit simpler.
>
> Unless you provide more information about your setup, no one will be
> able to help you. Which kernel? Type of disks? Raid type?
> Partition layout? And "won't boot any longer" is not a very exact
> error description, too.
2.6.9 kernel, software raid level 5, reiserfs, three IDE drives.
I get into LILO and then later on I get this:
"Kernel Panic: cannot open initial console, please try passing valid
init= option to the kernel
Check your /boot dir for an initrd file (usualy initrd.<kernel ver> or something like that)
then edit lilo.conf (usualy /etc/lilo.conf)
add the following in your specific boot option:
init=<file-name>
eg:
init=/boot/initrd.img-2.6.10-5-386
save & exit
run:
#lilo
goodluck
alex
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Alex Polite
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