Posting a solution to the list for posterity should anyone want to use a X2200 M2. I got some help on this from our Sun reseller.
You can completely disable the nVidia fakeraid in the SATA driver, but you need to do it from the "standard" BIOS menu, not the SATA controller's menu. During boot, break into the BIOS with the F2-key. Go to the "Advanced" menu. Choose the "IDE Configuration." Then simply disable the "nVidia RAID" option on that page. Now the BIOS will see the two individual drives and allow you to boot from them independently. Since the BIOS and the OS now have a harmonious view of their universe, all is well and the system will boot... Now I need to figure out how the numbering of eth0, eth1, eth2, and eth3 correlates to the LAN0, LAN1, LAN2, and LAN3 printed on the chassis. They don't correspond in the obvious manner. On 9/28/2007 at 12:03 PM, Crist Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Trying to install SPlat R65 on a SunFire X2200 M2. The server > is listed as supported, > > http://www.checkpoint.com/services/techsupport/hcl/model_info/0040.html > > > But I'm having what appear to be SATA controller issues. The > system has two 250 GB HDDs. The controller is a nVidia MCP55. > The drives are configured in the BIOS as a mirrored pair. > If I don't configure the two drives as an array, I don't get > the option to boot from any HDDs in the BIOS. > > The SPlat CDROM boots and says the hardware is OK for SPlat. > The install goes fine. But the thing is, SPlat sees two > independent drives. The install is done across both. I can > see this when I boot another Linux distro CDROM and look at > the HDDs. > > After the "successful" SPlat install, the system just hangs > up after reboot. I think the conflict is the system is trying > to boot off of the mirrored pair, but the OS has installed > across two independent disks. > > Suspecting this, I popped out one of the HDDs. The BIOS > complains that the array is degraded, but I install SPlat > with only one drive in the array. When I reboot, whaddya > know, it boots up fine. However, I slip the second HDD > back in, and again, things freeze up once it's time to > start booting off of the HDD. > > So, this system is supposed to be supported. How do I > configure this to work? I need to either (a) get SPlat to > see the hardware mirrored array (preferred), or (b) > get the system to boot off either of the two independent > disks (OK). What is NOT OK is to have one disk. I want > a second backup, whether mirrored array or second > independent disk. Anyone have one of these set up? B¼information contained in this e-mail message is confidential, intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================= To set vacation, Out-Of-Office, or away messages, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the BODY of the email add: set fw-1-mailinglist nomail ================================================= To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================= If you have any questions on how to change your subscription options, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] =================================================
