ssp on 1458

[Michael Di Domenico]

i'm attempting to reinstall the ssp on a 1458, so i do this

create a mirror set using sda/sdb with the hp embedded controller
put in dvd disc 1
cd /live/cdrom/sicortex
./install-ssp --repartition --profile sci --root 5 --base $PWD

goes along for awhile then when i reboot the kernel loads, but fails
to switch root to /dev/sda5

i suspect this is caused by the kernel not loading the driver for the
hp embedded controller.

since i'm a redhat (not gentoo) guy and have slowly forgotten most of
the sicortex way of doing things, can someone tell me how best to
correct this?