hey raf I dont know that much about this kind of thing, but it looks like no one else with more knowledge has stepped up to bat.
> >The most recent megaraid driver available for 2.2.x and 2.4.x kernels is > >megaraid-1.14g-ac, as found in Alan Cox's kernel 2.4.2-ac24. that 2.4.2-ac24 is probably a kernel patch (by alan cox). If so, you need to patch the 2.4.2 kernel source with that patch, compile it, then load it onto the debian installer floppy and configure the debian installer floppy to use that kernel instead of the default one. unfortunately, I have no idea how to patch a kernel or to make a custom installer floppy. but surely, someone else on this list does, and perhaps this will motivate them to speak. jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] jason.pepas.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rafael Hinojosa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 10:47 PM Subject: Debian install on RAID hardware > > Here I go again, one more time. This time I'm only asking a simple > question. > > How does one go about installing drivers from a floppy to install Debian > from the CD? > > Booting from the CD gets us to: > > megaraid: v1.11 (Aug 23, 2000) > megaraid: found 0x8086:0x1960:idx0:bus1:slot10:func1 > scsi2: found MegaRAID controller at 0xd0004008, IRQ:11 > > [hangs] > > trying to boot from floppies gets us to the installer, but if we try to > initialize the HD or load drivers, or configure modules, we can't because > it says we need to to initialize the HD first. I think we got the wrong > floppies :-( > > From Matt Domsch's Linux Page: > > > >Drivers > > > >The most recent megaraid driver available for 2.2.x and 2.4.x kernels is > >megaraid-1.14g-ac, as found in Alan Cox's kernel 2.4.2-ac24. > > > > I'm rather new at kernel hacking... Can we load this to a floppy? or > append it to the CD to get it to recognize the HD's attached to the RAID > card? > > Any, ANY, help would be appreciated. > > --Raf > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Rafael A. Hinojosa [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ================================================================== > > Original Message: > > Hello everyone, > > I'm not exactly sure if this question should be posted to this list, or to > another more specific list. If so, do let me know. > > The organization I belong to just received a new Dell PowerEdge 1400 with > the PercRAID 2/DC dual channel RAID card. Current plans are to use this > machine to replace an old server. > > This question has probably been addressed before but I'll go ahead and > ask. We would like to know what needs to get done for Debian to see and > install on this machine... I've had a previous experience with a similar > config on a seperate Dell server with RedHat (in fact very similar). The > solution there was to use RH7 or a 2.4 kernel. Where would I get a Debian > install disk that ran 2.4? > > We've already scoured the web for information pertaining to the install > phase. In fact, we were able to download driver disks to successfully see > the RAID card during boot. Before that, the machine just hung while > probing the card. > > Once we were able to get to the installer screen, the other problem we ran > into came during partitioning. The installer didn't even see a disk. I'm > not quite sure what we are missing. My guess is that we would have to > partition the logical RAID volume to be recognized by the installer. I > haven't had the time to search through /dev or dmesg to see if a device > comes up. I'm guessing that I could try doing it that way, finding the > device and then trying to initiallize the drive from a console shell after > the installer has come up... Yes? > > My other approach is to find a spare disk, insert it into the machine and > attempt to install on a non-RAID volume. This brings me to the question, > can Debian be installed on a RAID volume? > > If anyone has had any previous experience getting this card to work under > Debian, some advice would be appreciated. > > Sorry for the long-winded e-mail; Thanks, > > --Raf > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Rafael A. Hinojosa [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
