Re: Enigma stuck at 2.4.9?

[Aaron Konstam <akonstam trinity edu>]

On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 08:41:23AM -0500, Steven Bradley wrote:
> I've got a problem that needs me to install the 2.4.9-13 kernel.  The
> problem is the "chicken and the egg" syndrome.  Specifically, it appears
> my existing SCSI driver (for 2740W) is not compatible with the new kernel.
> 
> I do not know how to link the SCSI driver for 2.4.9-13 into the initrd
> file to allow it to access SCSI during boot, I believe the driver is the
> aic7xxx driver.  The problem is I am booted under the earlier file, the
> version it uses when initrd is made, it does so under the existing 
> environment (ie old driver) and I get all kinds of errors when I reboot
> and try to use the new kernel.
> 
When you run mkinitrd to produce the initrd file for the kernel just use
the --with=aic7xxx option.
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