On 5/15/08 6:59 AM, "Hugo Vanwoerkom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mike Ely wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I'm trying to update from the Debian-supplied stock kernel to 2.6.25.2 on
>> Etch (for GFS2 purposes), and, on my VMWare instance, the new kernel seems
>> always to hang at "Waiting for root filesystem."
>
> So as I understand it, you run Etch on VMware and compile (with
> make-kpkg?) 2.6.25.2 (2.6.25.3 is stable).
Exactly. I guess I haven't got around to downloading .3 however.
> What .config do you use?
I start with either the one in /boot/ or simply by doing a "make oldconfig"
and then editing it by hand to put the GFS2 stuff in that I need.
>
> Then on VMware you boot 2.6.25.2 and run into trouble?
Yep, precisely.
>
>
>>
>> I've tried passing different options to make-kpkg, but the result is always
>> the same. Kernel, modules, initrd all build successfully, but no joy. Boot
>> times out waiting for the root filesystem, and eventually dumps me into an
>> emergency shell. Here's the relevant dmesg output from a successful boot
>> into 2.6.18-5-686:
>>
>> SCSI subsystem initialized
>> Fusion MPT base driver 3.04.01
>> Copyright (c) 1999-2005 LSI Logic Corporation
>> Fusion MPT SPI Host driver 3.04.01
>> mptbase: Initiating ioc0 bringup
>> ioc0: 53C1030: Capabilities={Initiator}
>> scsi0 : ioc0: LSI53C1030, FwRev=00000000h, Ports=1, MaxQ=128, IRQ=169
>> Vendor: VMware, Model: VMware Virtual S Rev: 1.0
>> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>> target0:0:0: Beginning Domain Validation
>> target0:0:0: Domain Validation skipping write tests
>> target0:0:0: Ending Domain Validation
>> target0:0:0: FAST-160 WIDE SCSI 320.0 MB/s DT IU RDSTRM RTI WRFLOW PCOMP
>> (6.25 ns, offset 127)
>>
>> Obviously, I can't paste the failed dmesg here, but basically what it does
>> is start the Fusion driver, and load ioc0 but not scsi0.
>>
>> Anyone seen similar? What am I missing on my kernel build?
>>
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