[SLL] Cent OS 5 Update - Fails to boot

[Eric]

Sounds like fun!

So each time Cent OS or any distro without my specific driver support 
has a kernel upgrade that doesn't include my 3ware card drivers 
natively, I'll have to run through this exercise again?

Well its a learning experience :-)

Thanks for the help!

Eric

Glenn Stone wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 01:42:17PM -0700, Eric wrote:
>   
>> I just installed Cent OS 5 on a new server I bought from Silicon 
>> Mechanics.  The updates were applied and the server was rebooted.  Much 
>> to my surprise I got the following error:
>>     
> [...]
>   
>> Kernel panic - Not syncing: Attempted to kill init
>>
>> If I select the older kernel from the grub menu the server boots just 
>> fine.  This is a vanilla install of Cent OS using the "server" install 
>> option.  The only thing I needed to do during the initial install was 
>> include the driver disc for the 3Ware 9650SE-8LPML card.
>>     
>
> Aha.
>
>   
>> Any ideas?
>>     
>
> Yep.  Make sure the kernel-headers package is installed for the new kernel,
> then compile the 9650 drivers against it, install them in the appropriate
> place in /lib/modules, then run mkinitrd and make sure the new drivers get
> installed.  That's it in a nutshell; the actual doing... may be somewhat
> more complex.  
>
> This is why when I worked at $FORMERCOMPANY we tended towards non-RAID (or
> at least, non-funky-RAID) boot devices... we also learned to really hate
> proprietary video drivers for that same reason.... one kernel upgrade and
> *boom* no worky.  
>
> /me realizes that Ubuntu's restricted-drivers package has kept him from
> having to deal with the NVIDIA nonsense for a while now... OTOH,
> Shuttleworth just launched a push for a completely proprietary-madness-free
> laptop.  I don't know how quickly he's gonna get there.... but I'd be
> interested. 
>
> But I digress.  Eric's problem is that the new kernel doesn't have the
> drivers he needs, since he originally installed them from floppy.  Grab
> kernel-headers, compile, install, mkinitrd, reboot, pray.  And tell Kent
> Abendroth (if he's still with AMCC) that his boys down in the Valley need to
> get synced up with Linus and company and get their stuff in the mainline
> sooner.  
>
> -- Glenn
>
>   

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