Re: [ANNOUNCE] Aurora SPARC Linux Build 2.99 (Beta 2 for 3.0)

2007-12-01 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
David Miller wrote: > From: Bernd Zeimetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2007 13:43:30 +0100 > - Systems that boot off qlogic attached disks are not supported, because there is no working firmware loader in anaconda, and the qlogic driver needs firmware. >>> That's very u

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Aurora SPARC Linux Build 2.99 (Beta 2 for 3.0)

2007-12-01 Thread Tom "spot" Callaway
On Sat, 2007-12-01 at 04:12 -0800, David Miller wrote: > From: "Tom \"spot\" Callaway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:28:55 -0500 > > > - Smartd seems to make systems using the esp.ko SCSI driver very very > > unhappy. If your system is esp based, we highly recommend that you > >

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Aurora SPARC Linux Build 2.99 (Beta 2 for 3.0)

2007-12-01 Thread David Miller
From: Bernd Zeimetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2007 13:43:30 +0100 > > >> - Systems that boot off qlogic attached disks are not supported, because > >> there is no working firmware loader in anaconda, and the qlogic driver > >> needs firmware. > > > > That's very unfortunate, how ar

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Aurora SPARC Linux Build 2.99 (Beta 2 for 3.0)

2007-12-01 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
>> - Systems that boot off qlogic attached disks are not supported, because >> there is no working firmware loader in anaconda, and the qlogic driver >> needs firmware. > > That's very unfortunate, how are qlogic device handled on other > platforms? In Debian you just install the firmware pack

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Aurora SPARC Linux Build 2.99 (Beta 2 for 3.0)

2007-12-01 Thread David Miller
From: "Tom \"spot\" Callaway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:28:55 -0500 > - Smartd seems to make systems using the esp.ko SCSI driver very very > unhappy. If your system is esp based, we highly recommend that you > disable the smartd service in single-user before fully booting afte