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address@hidden: Bug#111315: grub: problem with DAC960, kernel 2.4 and in
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Jason Thomas |
Subject: |
address@hidden: Bug#111315: grub: problem with DAC960, kernel 2.4 and initrd] |
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Thu, 15 Nov 2001 13:08:25 +1100 |
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more information on DAC960 problems. ring any bells for anyone?
----- Forwarded message from Laurent Bonnaud <address@hidden> -----
> Date: 14 Nov 2001 21:00:50 +0100
> From: Laurent Bonnaud <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Bug#111315: grub: problem with DAC960, kernel 2.4 and initrd
>
>
> Hi,
>
> here are the results of my latest experiments:
>
> - grub 0.90-13 does not change anything compared to grub 0.90-16. The
> same problem is still there.
>
> - I also tried passing the root= option as an hex value. I used:
>
> title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.12-686
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.12-686 root=0x4801 ro
> initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.12-686
> savedefault
>
> because DAC960 device files are like this:
>
> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 48, 0 May 5 2000 /dev/rd/c0d0
> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 48, 1 May 5 2000 /dev/rd/c0d0p1
> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 48, 2 May 5 2000 /dev/rd/c0d0p2
> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 48, 3 May 5 2000 /dev/rd/c0d0p3
> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 48, 4 May 5 2000 /dev/rd/c0d0p4
> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 48, 5 May 5 2000 /dev/rd/c0d0p5
> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 48, 6 May 5 2000 /dev/rd/c0d0p6
> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 48, 7 May 5 2000 /dev/rd/c0d0p7
>
> The kernel still wanted to scream, but this time it tried to mount
> device 00:00, as if the root= option failed completely to pass the
> correct value to the kernel.
>
>
> - I also tried root=0x4801 with kernel 2.2.19 and it failed the same
> way as kernel 2.4.12. As said previously, root=/dev/rd/c0d0p1 works
> with kernel 2.2.19.
>
> So I may have spotted a bug that will be easier to locate and hopefully
> fix...
>
> --
> Laurent.
>
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