[Cbe-oss-dev] Kernel Install warnings

[Adam Clark]

Ok, so I am kinda new to this.  How is the patch applied? to a source rpm?

Sorry to ask these questions, but I from a BSD generation

Adam

On Jan 11, 2008 9:06 PM, Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmerino at ac.upc.edu> wrote:
>
> On 11/01/2008, at 10:50, Adam Clark wrote:
>
> > On Jan 11, 2008 8:42 PM, Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmerino at ac.upc.edu>
> > wrote:
> >> On 11/01/2008, at 5:11, Adam Clark wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>   I just had my first attempt at a kernel build from the git source
> >>> and while there were no errors but it got to the nash screen and
> >>> could
> >>> not boot.
> >>>
> >>> I am compiling a kernel for fedora 8 to hopefully get the wireless
> >>> going
> >>>
> >>> my yaboot entry is:
> >>>
> >>> image=/boot/vmlinux-2.6.24-rc7-gf565a2ce
> >>>         label=ps3
> >>>         read-only
> >>>         initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.24-rc7-gf565a2ce.img
> >>>         append="video=ps3fb:mode:3 rhgb quiet "
> >>>
> >>> but it could not mount the root file system, citing root=/dev/root
> >>> could not be found.
> >>
> >> What is you disk setup?  Did you use any custom partitioning?
> > nothing special, the system boots fine with the standard fedora 8
> > kernel.
> >
> > [root at localhost ps3-linux]# df
> > Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
> > /dev/ps3da1            9640260   5347004   3795648  59% /
> > tmpfs                   108384        68    108316   1% /dev/shm
> > [root at localhost ps3-linux]# fdisk -l
>
> But that is custom, isn't it?  The default uses LVM, IIRC.
>
> > Disk /dev/ps3da: 10.7 GB, 10737414144 bytes
> > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1305 cylinders
> > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> > Disk identifier: 0x71508340
> >
> >      Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> > /dev/ps3da1   *           1        1239     9952236   83  Linux
> > /dev/ps3da2            1240        1305      530145   82  Linux
> > swap / Solaris
> >
> >
> >> I bet your problem is caused by this:
> >>
> >>         https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=389331
> >>
> >> Applying that patch to nash, reinstalling it and then recreating the
> >> initrd should resolve it.
> >>
> >> (Any chance for that bug being closed anytime soon?  It's biting too
> >> much people...)
> > I am using the explicit device rather than a label in my yaboot.conf:
> >
> > root=/dev/ps3da1
> > [root at localhost ps3-linux]# e2label /dev/ps3da1
> > /
>
> Yes, I also used a device in my yaboot.conf, and that worked fine
> with the default kernel.  But then it broke with a custom one, for
> reasons that I don't know.  The fix for nash resolved the issue.
>
> Try it :-)
>
> --
>
> Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmerino at ac.upc.edu>
>
>
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