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

[Jason Thomas]

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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