Re: Problems with Compaq DL380G2 running Redhat 7.2

[Jeremy Katz]

On Thu, 2002-05-30 at 05:21, Yeo Eng Hee wrote:
> Everything worked fine until I had to compile and install my own kernel.
> (I needed to run Linux 2.4.22 kernel to access the hot-plug tape that
> comes with the DL380G2).

2.4.22?  Do you mean 2.2.22?
 
> I tried configuring grub using new-kernel-pkg and grubby, but when I
> reboot, I got a kernel panic with a message saying the my root fs is not
> mounted, "cciss/c0d0p1" not valid and to set root= properly (I am
> writing this from memory).

Did you include the cciss module in your kernel?  Or, alternately, if
you built it as a module, did you make a new initrd?

> Another disaster is when I tried to run grub-install, and got an error
> message:
> 
> # grub-install '(hd0)'
> /dev/cciss/c0d0p1 does not have any corresponding BIOS drive.

It looks like the grub-install bits to do the right thing with the
SmartArray broke again.  Just to verify, what were the contents of your
/boot/grub/device.map?

Cheers,

Jeremy