Re: Problems with the install kernel on serverworks chipset.

[Mathias <m9236@abc.se>]

On Fri, 8 Jan 2010, Stan Hoeppner wrote:

> On Fri, 8 Jan 2010 18:24:52 +0100 (CET), Mathias <m9236@abc.se> wrote:
>
> > > What SCSI RAID card is in the machine, if any?
> >
> > It's equpiped with 2-chan LSI SYM53C896 U160 and an Adaptec 1200A
> > ATA-100/ATA-133 controller to replace the crappy Broadcom IDE controller
> > this board has.
> >
> > Anyway, I managed to install a basic configuration of Etch, late last
> > night,
> > booting in with LILO (Wanted Grub 2, but my XFS disks wont work with it).
> > So I'm going to try and upgrade it further from there.
>
> If your skills are up to it, I'd recommend building a custom non-initrd
> kernel with your storage controller and network drivers (and all needed
> drivers for that matter) built in.  That would eliminate this boot problem.

Yeah, that's no problem, just have to figure out all the hardware, so I wont 
miss to include any modules. Been compiling loads of kernels over the years, 
but it's been a while now, hope it hasn't changed that much. :)

Mat