Brett Charbeneau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>THE MACHINE
> PIII 550
> IDE boot disk
> SCSI swap and all other partitions
> Adaptec 29160 controller using the aic7xxx module
>
>THE GOAL
> Upgrade the kernel from 2.2.5-15 to 2.2.16-3 - still loading the
>SCSI driver as a module as I do now
>
>THE PROCESS SO FAR:
> I went the .rpm route, as I usually do, so I downloaded and
>applied these packages with the "rpm -ivh" command:
>
> kernel-2.2.16-3.i386.rpm
> kernel-2.2.16-3.i586.rpm
You should pick one or the other. The 'i386' will work on 386's and up,
the 'i586' is compiled for Pentium I's and up.
> kernel-headers-2.2.16-3.i386.rpm
You don't really need this unless you're planning on compiling your own kernel.
> kernel-ibcs-2.2.16-3.i386.rpm
You don't need this unless you're running IBCS (Intel Binary Compatibility
Standard) applications. I'm not running any and you'd *probably* know if
you were.
> kernel-pcmcia-cs-2.2.16-3.i386.rpm
You don't need this or the corresponding line in /etc/modules.conf unless
the box has PCMCIA slots, which if it's a server it probably doesn't.
> kernel-source-2.2.16-3.i386.rpm
This is also for building your own kernel.
> Following the mantra of:
>
>http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/howto/kernel-upgrade/kernel-upgrade.html
>
> I created a RAM disk for the new kernel with this command
>
>mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.2.16-3.img 2.2.16-3
Try running it with the '-v' (verbose) switch and see if you get any errors.
> and inserted this properly into lilo.conf and executed lilo to
>install correctly.
Try running lilo with the '-v' switch as well and check for errors.
>THE PROBLEM
> At boot, the machine clearly cannot see any SCSI disks. When
>swapon executes, I get a "can't locate module block-major-8" error.
> This is where I get lost.
> Here's the contents of my modules.conf file:
>
>alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx
>alias eth0 3c90x
>alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
>pre-install pcmcia_core /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start
>
> Can some kind soul please give me hint on how to make this upgrade
>work? I seem to remember having a similar problem when I originally moved
>to 2.2.5-15, but I can't for the life of me remember what I did to make it
>right.
> <sigh>
> MANY thanks in advance to anyone who can find time to help!
If you boot into single user mode can you load the SCSI card driver
manually? I don't think any of this will solve your problem but it might
point you in the right direction.
-Eric
Eric Sisler
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Westminster Public Library
Westminster, CO, USA
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