On Fri, 2004-09-10 at 20:15, C. Linus Hicks wrote: > On Fri, 2004-09-10 at 14:55, Jeremy Conlin wrote: > > I did install FC2 from the CDs. My latest installation was upgrading > > from RH9. I know my system will boot into RH9 so that is where I > > started. I can boot the installer CD into rescue mode, but don't know > > where to check the version numbers for the kernel and aic7xxx driver. > > What would I do when I find those numbers? > > When you installed FC2, did you upgrade an existing RH9 installation on > that system or did you do a new install? > > You say you know your system will boot into RH9 - is that present tense, > as in you have it set up to dual boot, or are you just saying that you > know it works properly with RH9? > > If the only way you have to look at the installed system is by booting > from CD (Knoppix, rescue mode, etc.) I would do that and try the old > aic7xxx driver. It doesn't work on my system. I get data overrun errors > and it doesn't register any devices, but I am running amd64 so that > could be the difference. > > Here's what you will have to do to use the old driver (please note this > is a non-trivial process): > > Boot the FC2 CD into rescue mode. > > You will need access to the partitions where you installed FC2 and this > will require mounting them in non-standard locations. > > Copy, not move, copy the <your install>/boot/initrd-<bletch>.img file to > /tmp/. > > I'm not sure you'll have all the programs you will need in your path, so > you may have to get creative about mounting additional partitions and > adding appropriate directories to your path. > > Rename that initrd file in /tmp to end in .img.gz then gunzip it. > > Make sure you have some empty directory like /mnt/img where you can > mount another filesystem, then mount that .img file: > > mount /tmp/initrd-<bletch>.img /mnt/img -o loop > > Make sure you have the partition on your FC2 system that has the > /lib/modules directory mounted, and copy > /lib/modules/<kernelversion>/kernel/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old.ko to > /mnt/img/lib/ then cd to where you just moved it. ------------------------------------------^^^^^ --- Sorry, should be "copied" > > In there you will see a few files, including now two aic7xxx* files, so > delete the one that was there, aic7xxx.ko and rename aic7xxx_old.ko to > aic7xxx.ko. > > Now cd back to /tmp and umount /mnt/img. > > Next gzip the initrd file, and you will end up with a .img.gz again. > Change that to something like initrd-<bletch>-old.img and copy it to > <your install>/boot/. > > Now edit your /boot/grub/grub.conf (make sure you are editing the one on > your installed system). > > Duplicate the section of four lines including the sequence of title, > root, kernel, and initrd. Modify that duplicated set of four lines as > so: > > Change the title line to signify it is for your modified initrd. This is > just text you will see on the Fedora boot screen. > > Change the initrd line to specify the name of your new one (with the > -old). > > Save your modifications and you should be ready to reboot. Remember to > remove the CD. > > When it gets to the boot screen this time you should see two entries. > Select your new one and good luck. -- C. Linus Hicks <lhicks@xxxxxxxxx>
