[Gllug] Mixed IDE and SCSI discs with Linux

[Bruce Richardson]

On Sat, May 08, 2004 at 10:09:13AM +0100, Martin wrote:
> Hi Chris,
> 
> On Saturday, May 8, 2004, Chris Bell wrote:
> 
> >    The installation appears to be OK, but on re-boot fsck complains that it
> > is unable to find sda before the SCSI system is scanned for devices, and the
> > drive is not shown as available. Should I expect it to do better? I would be
> > happier using lilo than grub, but grub appears to be the standard.
> 
> Recompile your kernel to include the SCSI subsystem and support for
> your SCSI card but _not_ as modules.

This is a fresh install.  That doesn't make it impossible but it does
mean that he needs another Debian machine handy for compiling the
appropriate kernel.

> This will mean that the SCSI
> devices are detected earlier in the boot process.

That shouldn't matter.  The install kernel almost certainly has an
initrd image.  It sounds as if the boot loader may be misconfigured and
isn't finding the initrd image.

-- 
Bruce

I am now a little wary of bananas.
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