aic7896 on linux 2.2.19 (440GX chipset)

[Jeff Busch]

> > The aic7xxx driver does not spit out any messages at all.  Here's what I
> > get, after the IDE cdrom and floppy disks are detected:
> >
> >    Partition check:
> >    request_module[block-major-8]: Root fs not mounted
> >    VFS: Cannot open root device 08:01
> >    Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:01
>
> Am I correct in assuming that you do not have any kind of ramdisk
> image that the kernel can load the module from?  Otherwise, you are
> going to have to build the driver as a part of the kernel, not as a
> module, if you want to boot off of a disk behind it!

Sorry, I should have said that.  Yes, I did create a ramdisk with all kernel
images, specified the correct initrd in lilo.conf with the kernel, and
re-ran lilo.  Another build of 2.2.19 + 6.1.13 patches, only with 1GB
physical memory configured, worked fine.

Thanks,
Jeff


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