On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 09:15:58PM +0100, Christian Hammers wrote: > Hello Sven > > On 2005-11-10 Sven Luther wrote: > > > Please ad the 3w-xxxx which is the driver for the commonly used 3ware > > > (P)ATA RAID controller to the list of modules that get loaded > > > automatically > > > because else it won't boot so well... > > > > Heu, what exactly are you trying to do here ? what is the list of modules to > > get loaded automatically, and will adding it to /etc/modules not solve your > > problem, whatever that problem is ? > > I need the 3w-xxxx.o SCSI RAID controller module to access the harddrive > where my root filesystem is on so using /etc/modules won't work.
So, your real request is that initrd-tools is not including the module in your initrd. So, please add the module to /etc/mkinitrd/modules, and rebuild your initrd (with dpkg-reconfigure kernel-image-2.6.8-...). Alternatively, you can try installing one of the newer kernels from etch (2.6.12) or sid (2.6.14), with one of the new ramdisk generating tools (yaird or initramfs, i favour the first myself), since it is highly unlikely that initrd-tools will get significantly modified. > With "the list of modules that automatically get loaded" I meant the > /loadmodules (or so) file that I found inside the initrd image from the > official Debian kernel. The image contained a /lib/modules directory with > both 3w-9xxx.ko and 3w-xxxx.ko but in this file only the first was listed. Ok. > Or is there at least a kernel boot option which I could use to load this > module before "/" is tried to mount? The module exists in the initrd.img > nevertheless... (that would be enough for me as I remember that the > kernel was a Sarge one and so has very little chance to get updated) Nope, but i think the above should work. > > Debian booted without problem with my 3w-9xxx card in it, and worked just > > fine, btu that was an etch snapshot. > > The 9xxx cards are SATA RAID controller, they have a different module > (3w-9xxx.o). Ah, well, i thought it was a newer card, so if it worked the older should have worked too, but well, i was wrong. Hope the above helps. reading the manpage of mkinitrd should probably help you a lot understanding what is going on. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
