From: Alexei_Roudnev (Alexei_Roudnev_at_exigengroup.com)
Date: Thu May 04 2006 - 23:03:50 CEST
Message-ID: <003c01c66fbe$3e1041c0$6f31a8c0@sjc.exigengroup.com> From: "Alexei_Roudnev" <Alexei_Roudnev@exigengroup.com> Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 14:03:50 -0700 Subject: Re: [suse-sles-e] SLES-9 Install on Dell 2850, no root device
There is simpler workaround:
- boot from network or any source;
DO NOT SELECT _repair mode_ etc, just wait until you have _software
selection_ in screen0 and switch to screen-1.
It allows you tpo have all modules loaded automatically.
- when have Yast on teh screen (installation process), switch to second
console (ALT-F2)
- here, load modules if necessary and mount your system disks as they are
mounted , adding /mnt,
for example
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/boot
mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/usr
Now, chroot to this new env:
chroot /mnt
and now, run mkinitrd and other commands, edit list of modules and so on.
Then reboot.
problems comes from 2 sources:
- driver name changed in some version. So, if you have old driver name in
the list of pre-loaded modules and upgrade kernel,
new (renamed) module can be missing in new initrd file.
- new kernel require new mkinitrd, and if you load from old kernel and then
install new system, it sometimes cannot make new initrd properly.
(something like this - I skipped many details).
----- Original Message -----
From: "Black, Alain" <ablack@bloodsystems.org>
To: "Ron Joffe" <rjoffe@yahoo.com>; <suse-sles-e@suse.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 8:59 AM
Subject: RE: [suse-sles-e] SLES-9 Install on Dell 2850, no root device
I saw that with my Areca RAID card if I let YAST install a new kernel.
I am booting off of the raid set and so need the driver loaded at boot
time. Mine was missing. Boot off of the rescue disk and build a
kernel, making sure to follow the instructions for the PERC card.
Now, if you're not booting off of the raid card, then I have no idea.
-Alain.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Joffe [mailto:rjoffe@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 7:49 AM
> To: suse-sles-e@suse.com
> Subject: [suse-sles-e] SLES-9 Install on Dell 2850, no root device
>
> I have submitted this same issue to Novell support (After figuring out
> their
> very poorly designed service request form).
>
> Perhaps someone on the list has a suggestion as well ?
>
>
> SLES-9 SP3 32 bit
> Server:
> Dell 2850
> Perc 4/Di controller - Single Raid 1 Partition
> Dual Xeon 3.4
> 4GB Ram
>
> Install, standard install.
> Partitions:
> /dev/sda1 - 100Meg ext2 /boot
> /dev/sda2 - 2GB SWAP
> /dev/sda3 - 5 GB /
> Install went just fine, after package load, system reboots. On reboot,
> console
> displays:
> Loading kernal/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.ko
> waiting for device /dev/sda3 ro appear: ....not found -- device nodes:
> long list of device nodes (tty's,pty's, etc)
> No root device found: exiting to /bin/sh
>
> I can boot via rescue disk, and easily mount /dev/sda3 to /mnt and
> /dev/sda1
> to /mnt/boot.
>
> I have chrooted in the rescue mode to /mnt and ran yast to apply all
> latest
> patches (including kernel). This did not help the configuration.
>
> I have gone into the bios and changed all disk and boot settings a
number
> of
> different formats, this did not help either.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ron
>
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