External firewire disk is sometimes not recognized/connected at reboot since kernel update (from 2.6.9-55.0.9.ELsmp-prep to 2.6.9-67.0.1.ELsmp-prep). ieee-1394 support needs to be added to stock kernel, so custom kernel build from RH source. Kernel.org 2.6.23.13 kernel runs perfect (kernel.org 2.6.15.1 and so on also had no problems). - HP Proliant DL-140-G2 - FireWire Texas Instruments TSB82AA2 IEEE-1394b Link Layer Controller (rev 01) - 2TB LaCie BIGGER EXTREME 7200 good boot (disk detect): SELinux: Disabled at runtime. SELinux: Unregistering netfilter hooks ieee1394: sbp2: Logged into SBP-2 device ieee1394: Node 0-00:1023: Max speed [S800] - Max payload [4096] Vendor: LaCie Model: Bigger Extreme Rev: 912 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 06 SCSI device sdc: 3907092480 512-byte hdwr sectors (2000431 MB) sdc: asking for cache data failed sdc: assuming drive cache: write through SCSI device sdc: 3907092480 512-byte hdwr sectors (2000431 MB) sdc: asking for cache data failed sdc: assuming drive cache: write through sdc: unknown partition table Wrong boot (disk not correct detected): ohci1394: $Rev: 1223 $ Ben Collins <bcollins> ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:05:01.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 169 ohci1394: fw-host0: OHCI-1394 1.1 (PCI): IRQ=[169] MMIO=[dd404000-dd4047ff] Max Packet=[4096] sbp2: $Rev: 1219 $ Ben Collins <bcollins> ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[00d0f50500000000] ieee1394: Node added: ID:BUS[0-01:1023] GUID[00d04b660706e6bd] ieee1394: The root node is not cycle master capable; selecting a new root node and resetting... ieee1394: Node changed: 0-01:1023 -> 0-00:1023 ieee1394: Node changed: 0-00:1023 -> 0-01:1023
The IEEE 1394 drivers in Linux 2.6.9 are full of bugs. Those ancient drivers cannot be used to do anything serious with IEEE 1394. It also would be a waste of time to try to debug them and/or backport the drivers from newer kernels back to Linux 2.6.9.
Oke, clear, on RHEL4 boxes using kernel.org kernel instead, thanks
Closing as per comment #1