Thanks for the suggestions -
On 07/27/2004 08:22:10, James Wilkinson wrote:
William W. Austin wrote:
> I am having an ongoing problem with all of the fedora update kernels
> and have run out of ideas to try. The original fedora 2 kernel
(2.6.5-
> 1.358) runs fine. However, ANY update kernel or the 2.6.7 which I
> downloaded and built exhibit the same behavior.
>
> On my systems (essentially identical except for scsi controller)
> [gigabyte ga7nnxp, adaptec 29160 or adaptec 2940uw, 1gb memory, root
on
> hdc], the scsi drives are detected at boot, but as soon as the usb
> modules are loaded, the system cannot find /dev/sda1, /dev/sdb1,
etc.
> and after a timeout I get thrown into the "enter root passwd to do
fsck
> and fix the system" routine.
>
> If I disable usb altogether on the MB I can boot any of the kernels.
<snip>
> Running without usb on these boxen is not an option.
I find myself saying this a lot recently, but have you tried Linus' 2.6.7 from kernel.org? Does that have the same problem?
If the problem remains on 2.6.7, then try Linus' 2.6.5. Repeat until tired (or you're happy with the outcome).
Then try bugzillaing the appropriate organization.
Actually I forgot to mention that I did all of the these - the problem occurs with the 2.6.7 kernel but not the 2.6.5. There was some change to the USB drivers in there which *may* have something to do with the problem. Also I did bugzilla the problem, albeit only on the redhat/ bugzilla site (bug # 126391). FWIW, I've gotten email from about 8-10 other folks who have the same problem or a variation on it :-(, but I haven't heard back from the developer assigned to look at it on the bugzilla list.
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Thanks,
William Austin satisfied hammer owner #1,476,234
