[Voyage-linux] Voyage 0.5.2 and VMWare

[Ryan Harden]

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As and update on this. I pulled down a vanilla 2.6.27.7 kernel from
kernel.org and edited it to my liking. I compiled in the important SCSI
stuff and made every other SCSI option a module. I then created an
initrd image with all of these modules. In theory this should have let
my kernel boot using any (known to linux) SCSI controller.

However, I ran into the same problem where the kernel is not loading the
SCSI drivers and therefore not able to mount /.

I'm not sure what my next steps should be.

/Ryan

Ryan Harden wrote:
> Hi Punky,
> 
> Thanks for the hints but I've already tried the 2.6.26-voyage kernel as
> stated in my first email. I used the voyage .config file from
> www.voyage.hk/download/kernel_config/ and just added SMP and a few
> network cards. I didn't touch the SCSI modules at all. (I even used initrd)
> 
> Also, the 0.5.2 (2.6.23-voyage) kernel boots just fine in VMware. If I
> try to recompile it and just add a few things without touching the SCSI
> drivers, it will not boot as well.
> 
> As a control, I compiled the 2.6.23-voyage kernel using the config file
> from the website without editing. This kernel also failed to boot properly.
> 
> I'm really at a loss as to why the stock 2.6.23-voyage kernel will boot,
> but when I compile my own, using the same options, it won't.
> 
> /Ryan
> 
> Punky Tse wrote:
>> Hi Ryan,
> 
>> I remembered that SCSI disk on VMWare is not supported by 0.5.2 and
>> 2.6.23 voyage kernel.  Only the new voyage lenny and 2.6.26 voyage
>> kernel supports it.
> 
>> 1.  You may try voyage lenny distro; or
>> 2.  Create IDE disk in VMWare instead of SCSI disk.
> 
>> Regards,
>> Punky
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> Ryan Harden wrote:
>> Hello,
> 
>> I for the life of me cannot get voyage 0.5.2 and kernel
>> 2.6.26-486-voyage to boot properly within vmware. I'm using the stock
>> voyage .config off of voyage.hk and just added a couple modules for
>> Network Card support and adding SMP.
> 
>> Regardless of settings, the kernel will simply not load the SCSI module
>> and therefore cannot mount the / partition.
> 
>> I've compiled 100's of kernels and can't see anything I've done wrong.
>> I'm in the process of of trying using the 2.6.23-486-voyage kernel that
>> comes with 0.5.2.
> 
>> Has anyone else done this or know of a fix?
> 
>> thanks
> 
> 
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