On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 09:21 -0400, Volker Englisch wrote: > > Volker Englisch > > mailto:Volker@xxxxxxxxxxx (h) > > > On 10/13/2006 04:01 AM Paul Howarth wrote: > > On Thu, 2006-10-12 at 22:02 -0400, Volker Englisch wrote: > >> On 10/12/2006 12:14 PM Rob Andrews wrote: > >>> You can get the same effect with the mkinitrd(8) tool. > >>> > >>> mkinitrd /boot/initrd-<version> <version> > >>> > >>> (where version is, for example, 2.6.18-1.2759.fc6) > >> > >> This sounded like a great idea and I had hoped it to solve my problem. > >> Unfortunately it didn't work and I am still getting the same error > >> message after restarting the system > >> Red Hat nash version 4.2.15 starting > >> Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while ... > >> No volume groups found > >> Unable to find volume group "VolGroup00" > >> > >> Is there anything else I could possibly try? > > > > When the system boots, is it actually detecting the presence of the hard > > disks? > > Yes. > > > Can you tell which sata controller module is loaded when the rescue disk > > is booted? (run lsmod and look for anything with sata in it) > > It's sata_via. > > > Once you've found the sata modules in use, edit the /etc/modprobe.conf > > of the installed system to ensure that it has a scsi_hostadapter line > > for each sata module. For instance, I have: > > > > alias scsi_hostadapter sata_sil24 > > alias scsi_hostadapter1 sata_nv > > I have two identical SATA disks. Would I need to enter > alias scsi_hostadapter sata_via > > to the modprobe.conf or > alias scsi_hostadapter sata_via > alias scsi_hostadapter1_sata_via You only need the one. If it's already there then this is not the problem you're having. Paul.
