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

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