address@hidden: Bug#111315: grub: problem with DAC960, kernel 2.4 and initrd]

[Jason Thomas]

Adrian, are you able to test this, and maybe debug!

Thanks.

----- Forwarded message from Laurent Bonnaud <address@hidden> -----

> Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 15:13:07 +0200
> From: Laurent Bonnaud <address@hidden>
> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <address@hidden>
> Subject: Bug#111315: grub: problem with DAC960, kernel 2.4 and initrd
> 
> Package: grub
> Version: 0.90-9
> Severity: normal
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to use grub to boot the standard Debian kernel 2.4.9 on a machine
> where the root partition is on a DAC960 controler.  Here is what happens 
> during
> the boot procedure:
> 
>  - grub loads the kernel and its initrd
>  - the kernel boots
>  - the initrd is mounted by the kernel
>  - the DAC960 module is loaded from the initrd
>  - the card is detected by the module
>  - partitions are detected correctly (including the root partition)
>  - kernel stops with a message like this: "I do not find my root and I want 
> to cry"
> 
> Here is what I have in /boot/grub/menu.lst:
> 
> title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.9-686
> root            (hd0,0)
> kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.9-686 root=/dev/rd/c0d0p1 ro
> initrd          /boot/initrd-2.4.9-686
> 
> I do not think this is a bug in kernel-image-2.4.9-686 because lilo is able to
> boot the exact same kernel.
> 
> And starting with version 0.90-9, grub works with the DAC960 controler.  It is
> able to boot a 2.2.19 kernel without initrd with this in /boot/grub/menu.lst:
> 
> title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.2.19-compact
> root            (hd0,0)
> kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.19-compact root=/dev/rd/c0d0p1 ro
> 
> 

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