Hardware compat with Fc8

Fri Jul 25 21:49:52 UTC 2008

My DS20 with the 2.6.25 kernel has an INITRD that's 4MB.

So your 32K one is bound to be "inadequate"... :-\

Try to re-install (ie --force) the new kernel and hope to get something
different for its INITRD, or do:

mkinitrd -f -v /boot/initrd-2.6.25-14.1axp.fc8.alpha.smp.img
2.6.25-14.1axp.fc8.alpha.smp

Note that the new kernel has a new format for its name, so be careful
when editing aboot.conf and such (I know from experience... :-).

Good luck.

--Jay++

bob smith wrote:
> Steven.
> yum remove kd*
> yum remove gno*
> yum clean all
> yum update
> worked for all the dependencies, removed gnome and kde related bits
> but did not fix the kernel as of yet.
> thanks
> bob
> 
> Steven Moix wrote:
> 
> You can do the whole update with yum update --exclude=kde-filesystem
> Maybe your kernel error is due to a dependency problem. You can also
> uninstall and reinstall the new kernel if the problem persists.
> 
> Steven
> 
> On Fri, 2008-07-25 at 15:18 -0400, bob smith wrote:
> 
> 
> replying to myself,
> have the vmlinuz-2.6.25-14.1axp.fc8.alpha kernel and this image, seems
> a little small:
> -rw------- 1 root root   32768 2008-07-25 18:54
> initrd-2.6.25-14.1axp.fc8.alpha.img
> 
>  but booting it with this setup:
> 1:1/vmlinuz-2.6.25-14.1axp.fc8.alpha
> initrd=/initrd-2.6.25-14.1axp.fc8.alpha.img
> root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 selinux=off
> 0:1/vmlinuz-2.6.23.10-97.fc8.1axp
> initrd=/initrd-2.6.23.10-97.fc8.1axp.img root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
> selinux=off
> 
> results in a kerenl panic.
> any hints?
> thanks
> bob
> 
> 
> 
> 
> bob smith wrote:
> 
> 
> Following your notes from april, doing a yum clean all, then yum
> update -
> i get 126 packages to update including this -
> 
> Transaction Check Error:
>   file /usr/share/applnk/.hidden/.directory conflicts between
> attempted installs of kde-filesystem-4-14.fc8.noarch and
> kdebase-3.5.8-32.fc8.alpha
> 
> and i don't need or want kde or gnome, this is a server...
> 
> 
> 
> Steven Moix wrote:
> 
> 
> Btw, you have an old kernel installed and should update it :) After
> running the yum update, you need to manually modify the /etc/aboot.conf
> too, see my blogpost on
> http://www.alphatek.info/2008/04/25/updated-kernel-for-the-fedora-8-alpha-port/
> 
> Steven
> 
> On Fri, 2008-07-25 at 10:43 -0400, bob smith wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks to Bert and Steven -
> I will see if I can find a promise or one of the other sata cards and
> test this.
> 
> modprobe -l | grep sata
> /lib/modules/2.6.23.10-97.fc8.1axp/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_qstor.ko
> /lib/modules/2.6.23.10-97.fc8.1axp/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_vsc.ko
> /lib/modules/2.6.23.10-97.fc8.1axp/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_via.ko
> /lib/modules/2.6.23.10-97.fc8.1axp/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_sis.ko
> /lib/modules/2.6.23.10-97.fc8.1axp/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_inic162x.ko
> /lib/modules/2.6.23.10-97.fc8.1axp/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_nv.ko
> /lib/modules/2.6.23.10-97.fc8.1axp/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_sil.ko
> /lib/modules/2.6.23.10-97.fc8.1axp/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_uli.ko
> /lib/modules/2.6.23.10-97.fc8.1axp/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_promise.ko
> /lib/modules/2.6.23.10-97.fc8.1axp/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_sx4.ko
> /lib/modules/2.6.23.10-97.fc8.1axp/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.ko
> /lib/modules/2.6.23.10-97.fc8.1axp/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_mv.ko
> /lib/modules/2.6.23.10-97.fc8.1axp/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_svw.ko
> 
> 
> Steven Moix wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> I can't give you a definitive answer, but we know some things:
> 
> - You can't boot from a SATA card because of the SRM, you'll always need
> a disk to contain the boot files.
> - A card which has kernel drivers should work, have a look
> in /lib/modules/yourkernelversion/kernel/drivers/ata for compiled
> drivers. You can also look at the /boot/config-yourkernel file under the
> "SCSI Transports" section for compiled drivers. m means that they are
> compild as modules, the .ko files.
> 
> So let us know when you have tried :)
> 
> On Fri, 2008-07-25 at 09:53 -0400, bob smith wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I would like to add some disk drives to a couple of alphas.
> I am interested in adding SATA drives, the price is right, but am not
> sure where to
> look for compatible PCI card sata interfaces.
> Has any one tried this? does it work with FC8? is there a list of
> cmpatible cards?
> thanks
> bob
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