RE: [gentoo-user] udev and initrd

[Joe Rizzo]

Thanks for the response.  I think I'm having an issue unrelated to udev.

3ware tech support said the driver included with the kernel was old and
suggested to build the latest driver as a module.

Thanks,
Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: Volker Armin Hemmann [mailto:volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de]

Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 5:41 PM
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] udev and initrd

On Tuesday 09 August 2005 23:43, Joe Rizzo wrote:
> Hi-
> I am trying to convert to using udev instead of devfs.  I need to load
a
> raid controller module to access to root fs.  I am using mkinitrd to
> create the initrd, however the root partition is not mounting.
>
> The driver module is loading but the root partition is not mounting.
> The partition is fine and ext3 is compiled into the kernel.  This was
> working when using devfs.
>
> How do I get this to work?  Do I need devfs compiled into the kernel?
>
> Thanks for the help,
> Joe Rizzo
>
>
no, you do not need devfs, but why do you use a module and do not
compile the 
driver into the kernel?
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