<p>initrd for that kernel ok for all the required modules?</p>
<p>On 24 Aug 2010 09:53, "Eric Doutreleau" <<a href="mailto:Eric.Doutreleau@it-sudparis.eu">Eric.Doutreleau@it-sudparis.eu</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> well<br>> yes the drive is bootable as i can boot from it<br>
> it s when the kernel need to find the root device that it s the problem<br>> it s like it can't find the volume group<br>> <br>> <br>> Le 23/08/2010 15:44, <a href="mailto:m.roth@5-cent.us">m.roth@5-cent.us</a> a écrit :<br>
>> Eric Doutreleau wrote:<br>>>><br>>>> i m trying to install centos5 on my poweredge 2950 with no luck.<br>>>> the raid controler is LSI Logic / Symbios Logic MegaRAID SAS 1078 (rev 04)<br>
>>><br>>>> indeed all is going fine during the installation but when i reboot the<br>>>> server panic<br>>>><br>>>> the first error i got is this one<br>>>> error mounting /dev/root on /sysroot as ext3: block device required<br>
>>><br>>>> it seems that it can't find the /dev/root devices.<br>>>><br>>>> but when i boot in rescue mode the / partition is found without any<br>>>> problem. i can chroot in it<br>
>><br>>> Does the PERC controller know that the drive you want to boot off of is<br>>> bootable? Have you<ctrl-r>'d into the controller before boot, and then<br>>> gone to control (there's virtual disks, PD, and the third thing, I forget<br>
>> exactly what it's called, but I'll be able to tell you later today), and<br>>> down on the bottom, just to the right of center, it displays the bootable<br>>> drive. Though it doesn't *look* like it, if you tab down there and down<br>
>> arrow, it will display choices....<br>>><br>>> Oh, and you did note that no matter how you set it up, it *ALWAYS* wants<br>>> slots 2& 3 to be RAID group 0, and the drives in slots 0 and 1 to be<br>
>> group 2?<br>>><br>>> Oh, yes, and it also *REFUSES* to display any drive that's not raided,<br>>> even if you want your boot and root on a drive that's not raided....<br>>><br>>> I decided Friday that this *thing* was designed and signed off on by<br>
>> two-toothed idiots with IQs around 57, decended from generations of the<br>>> same who couldn't manage to run a farm, whose ancestors came to the US by<br>>> selling themselves as indentured servants, who once they were here were<br>
>> *fired* because they were too stupid to follow directions....<br>>><br>>> mark "would you like me to *really* tell you how I feel about them?"<br>>><br>>> _______________________________________________<br>
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