> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] Im > Auftrag von Michael Mertel > Gesendet: Freitag, 16. November 2007 17:17 > An: centos at centos.org > Betreff: [CentOS] LSI 1068e (Super Micro OEM) - kernel update problem > > Hello, > > I'am using a LSI 1068e OEM version from Super Micro (see lspci). I was > able to install a plain CentOS5 with the binary drivers I got from > Super > Micro. > > 06:00.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic Unknown > device 0059 (rev 04) > Subsystem: Super Micro Computer Inc Unknown device a180 > Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10 > I/O ports at e000 [size=256] > Memory at febfc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] > Memory at febe0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] > Expansion ROM at fe800000 [disabled] [size=2M] > Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 > Capabilities: [68] Express Endpoint IRQ 0 > Capabilities: [98] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ > Queue=0/0 Enable- > Capabilities: [b0] MSI-X: Enable- Mask- TabSize=1 > > > But if I try to load the XEN kernel or a newer kernel all I got is a > kernel panic, because the new kernel does not know about the megasr.ko > module that I installed from disk. > > So I did the following (without final success): > > - cp /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.el5/updates/* > /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.1.15.el5/updates > - depmod -a 2.6.18-8.1.15.el5 > - created a new initrd-cpio file and copied megasr.ko into the lib > directory > > > The systems starts loading the kernel and its ramdisk, and then hangs: > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on > unknown-block (0,0) > > I'am a bit lost, what else I can do to get this working? > > Best Regards > > --Michael Hi, i'am such a moron, now it works (with these steps): cp /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.el5/updates/* /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.1.15.el5/updates depmod -a 2.6.18-8.1.15.el5 rm /boot/initrd-2.6.18-8.1.15.el5.img mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.6.18-8.1.15.el5.img 2.6.18-8.1.15.el5 Nice weekend to all. --Michael