FC3: kernel panic on first boot

[John Swartzentruber]

On 12/2/2004 12:41 PM Robin Bowes wrote:

> Alexander Dalloz wrote:
>
>> Am Do, den 02.12.2004 schrieb Robin Bowes um 15:50:
>>
>>>
>>> However, there is a modprobe.conf.dist file which has 165 lines. 
>>> Should I copy this to modprobe.conf?
>>>
>>> R.
>>
>>
>>
>> No, please don't copy the modprobe.conf.dist file content over to the
>> modprobe.conf. That file should only contain module instructions for the
>> hardware you really have.
>>
>> What certainly is missing is the alias entry for your ethernet card. Or
>> don't you have one in that host? If you have audio there should be
>> entries for that too.
>
>
> Yes, I have an ethernet card. No audio though (at least I've never 
> configured it) - it's a server.
>
> There is a file modprobe.conf.anacbak in /etc/ which contains:
>
> alias scsi_hostadapter sata_promise
> alias eth0 natsemi
>
> I've copied this to modprobe.conf.
>
> If what Fred says is correct then this won't fix my problem. I need a 
> kernel with the ext3 filesystem built in.

Try building a new initrd file with your driver before you give up. If 
you can boot from your rescue CD, you should have everything you need. 
My problem (and I only have one processor) was that the initrd file that 
was built during the upgrade didn't have sata_via (sata_promise in your 
case).