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LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/howtoChap.sgml

@@ -1564,7 +1564,7 @@ install, configure, and use IPv6 applications on Linux machines.
 Linux-Promise-RAID1-HOWTO</ULink>,
 <CiteTitle>Linux Migration to Promise RAID Card HOWTO</CiteTitle>
 </Para><Para>
-<CiteTitle>Updated: August 2002</CiteTitle>.
+<CiteTitle>Updated: September 2002</CiteTitle>.
 Outlines the steps of how to migrate an existing (Red Hat) Linux 
 install onto a Promise TX2 Card for the purposes of RAID-1 Mirroring.
 </Para> 

LDP/howto/docbook/Linux-Promise-RAID1-HOWTO.xml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
        <firstname>Benjamin</firstname>
        <surname>Simkin</surname>
        <affiliation>
-          <address><email>ben(at)empathy.com.au</email></address>
+          <address><email>ben (at) empathy.com.au</email></address>
        </affiliation>
      </author>
 
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@
      <!-- Most recent revision goes at the top; list in descending order -->
      <revhistory>
        <revision>
+          <revnumber>1.3</revnumber>
+          <date>2002-09-04</date>
+          <authorinitials>bs</authorinitials>
+          <revremark>Added Troubleshooting section</revremark>
+       </revision>
+  <revision>
           <revnumber>1.1</revnumber>
           <date>2002-08-05</date>
           <authorinitials>bs</authorinitials>
@@ -323,9 +329,12 @@ After that is done, follow the instructions of the next section.
 <para>
 Choose "LinuxFromRaid" Option at LILO.
 
-It should boot up without much of an error.  It will, however
+It should boot up without any errors.  It will, however
 complain about swap. Ignore that, as we will fix it in a moment.
 
+You may receive an error about incorrect module version, or a kernel mismatch. Please see the 
+"troubleshooting" section about this.
+
 After we have booted up on the new system, we must edit a few files:
 </para>
 
@@ -408,9 +417,50 @@ Drive    -
   3 : IC       Secondary/Master  41174MB BASE(0xbc00) BM(0xc408) IRQ(11) UDMA5
 </screen>
 
+That is all.
 </para>
 </sect1>
 
+<sect1><title>Troubleshooting</title>
+<para>
+You may get a kernel mismatch error message. This means that you don't have the correct version module for use with your kernel.
+If you cannot get the correct module version for use with your kernel, choose the closest one, and follow these steps;
+
+This may not work in some instances, so remember to have your boot disk handy.
+
+
+<screen>
+# cd /boot
+# cat initrd-2.4.2-2.img |gunzip > /tmp/myimage
+# mkdir /mnt/tmp
+# mount /tmp/myimage /mnt/tmp -t ext2 -o loop=/dev/loop3
+# cd /mnt/tmp
+# vi linuxrc
+</screen>
+
+Now modify 'insmod ft' to 'insmod -f ft'. 
+
+This will force the sytem to load the module.
+Save the file, and exit from vi (or emacs :))
+
+<screen>
+# umount /mnt/tmp
+# gzip /tmp/myimage 
+# cp myimage.gz /boot/initrd-2.4.2-2.img
+</screen>
+
+You will obviously have to use the correct filename for your initrd file. 
+I am using 2.4.2-2 as example.
+
+Now, reboot, and all should be well.
+
+</para>
+
+
+</sect1>
 </article>
 
 
+
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+