Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: deface <deface@×××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Trouble installing in server with Fusion-MPT SAS storage controller
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:31:20
Message-Id: 1176308943.14458.1.camel@alpha.uberpenguin.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-amd64] Trouble installing in server with Fusion-MPT SAS storage controller by Clemente Aguiar
1 Don't compile as a module, compile it in. If you used the
2 livecd-installer, you'll need to build a kernel.
3 The kernel the livecd uses is rather bloated, and i dont recommend
4 that.
5
6 On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 17:12 +0100, Clemente Aguiar wrote:
7
8 > We have just bought a IBM x3250 server which has a "LSI Logic SAS1064E
9 > Fusion-MPT SAS" storage controller.
10 >
11 > I am using Live CD install version 2006.1.
12 >
13 > Standard installation goes fine: recognizes the drives, formats the
14 > partitions, installs, no problem, but when I reboot ... the booted
15 > system does not seem to recognize the controller.
16 >
17 > I get the following error:
18 >
19 > !! Block device /dev/sda3 is not a valid root device ...
20 > !! The root block device is unspecified or not detected.
21 > Please specify a device to boot, or "shell" for a shell ...
22 > Boot() ::
23 >
24 > The module that during installation is loaded is "mptsas", but during
25 > boot of the system it does not seem to load this module (at least I
26 > cannot see it among the other dozen SCSI modules it is tying to load).
27 >
28 > I think ths is a bug, and I have already filed it in bugs.gentoo.org,
29 > but in the meantime can anybody give me some suggestion on what to do?
30 >
31 > Clemente