Tim Wilson wrote: > Aha! I've got it whooped. > > It turns out that in the installation process for the new kernel image that > I created. A previous (and failed) attempt to compile a kernel for this > machine was installed as LinuxOLD (the one that's supposed to work) > alongside my new one. The result was that I had two kernels that didn't work > available to me. The proper driver wasn't installed in the kernel so that's > why it couldn't see the RAID array. > > The solution was to boot the custom Debian install CD with the correct > drivers on it. I typed the following at the install cd prompt > > # rescue root=/dev/sda3 > > That install CD then booted up the system and all daemons started up > properly. I fixed /etc/lilo.conf and all is well. A late reply here, but I've found having a Knoppix cdrom can be really handy for identifying hardware (such as your raid controller) or for figuring out which partition is the / (root) partition. -- scot _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list