Thus spake Bret Hughes, on Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 12:11:53PM -0600: > Wojtek Pilorz wrote: > > > On Thu, 22 Nov 2001, Jose Celestino wrote: > > > > > Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 01:05:43 +0000 > > > From: Jose Celestino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: cpqarray.o and RedHat 7.2 install > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I recently had a strange happening when trying to install RedHat 7.2 on a > > > CompaqProliant DL580 with a SmartArray2 controller with three 9Gb UW3 SCSI > > > disks, with 2 -> raid1 and the remaining -> raid0; fdisk showed me both > > > logical drives as having just 1 cylinder. > > > > > > I vampirised the machine for a while until I realized this wasn't a > > > hardware problem. I went to install RedHat 7.1 and all went out fine. > > > > > > Has any of you had any similar problem with cpqarray.o, RedHat 7.2 > > > install and one cylinder drives ? > > Yes, I have seen that problem with Roswell beta (and 7.2, as well) on > > Prosignia 500 with Smart2/P controller; fdisk from earlier RHL > > version (we tried from RHL6.2) worked fine. > > > > So my colleague who installed Roswell (or Roswell2) and then RHL 7.2 on > > that machine, and who wanted fdisk to control where each filesystem is > > located, mounted a floppy containing fdisk from RHL 6.2 during install and > > used it to setup partitions. >
So this seems to be a fdisk related bug rather than a cpqarray driver issue. It must be so as fdisk seemed the only messed thing in all of it, disk druid worked right, fdisk insisted in seeing a bunch of partitions with "borders" messed. fdisk as in f****ed disk :) > Sounds like that needs to be in bugzilla. Have you created a bug report or > added comments to one that may be there? > > Bret > I will right after this. > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- Jose Celestino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------- Optimism leads to desilusion. _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
