I'd like to install woody on a machine woth a Compaq Smart Arry 5312 storage controller, but booting with kernel bf24 doesnt recognise the controller.
I gave a try with redhat advanced server, and that saw it right. That depressed me quite much: with debian's bf24: a part of dmesg: Compaq CISS Driver (v 2.4.5) HDLC support module revision 1.02 for Linux 2.4 Cronyx Ltd, Synchronous PPP and CISCO HDLC (c) 1994 Linux port (c) 1998 Building Number Three Ltd & Jan "Yenya" Kasprzak. ide-floppy driver 0.97.sv Promise Fasttrak(tm) Softwareraid driver 0.03beta: No raid array found Highpoint HPT370 Softwareraid driver for linux version 0.01 No raid array found SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 with redhat a part of dmesg: Compaq CISS Driver (v 2.4.32) cciss: Device 0xb178 has been found at bus 1 dev 1 func 0 cciss: using DAC cycles blocks= 35553120 block_size= 512 heads= 255, sectors= 32, cylinders= 4357 blocks= 284506560 block_size= 512 heads= 255, sectors= 32, cylinders= 34866 blocks= 284506560 block_size= 512 heads= 255, sectors= 32, cylinders= 34866 blk: queue c03e1980, no I/O memory limit Partition check: cciss/c0d0: p1 p2 p3 cciss/c0d1: cciss/c0d2: redhat says: [root@atixoscache01 root]# uname -a Linux atixoscache01 2.4.9-e.3smp #1 SMP Fri May 3 16:48:54 EDT 2002 i686 unknown [root@atixoscache01 root]# df Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/cciss/c0d0p3 15935408 2881144 12244792 20% / /dev/cciss/c0d0p1 51342 13781 34910 29% /boot none 771672 0 771672 0% /dev/shm [root@atixoscache01 root]# where is my mistake? i mean the kerneldocs says that cciss supports 5312 for ages... the debian install said 'no harddisks found' how can i change the CISS driver (see version 2.4.5 vs 2.4.32)? how can i creat my own bootfloppies? mkrboot need a rootimg, where to get one from? in bf24 cciss is fix compiled in. any help is appreciated charlie -- Végh Károly - System Engineer - UTA - TIS.SAS.BSS Cynics says that Hungarians created America's Hollywood before other Hungarians less destructively created America's A-bomb. http://www.mek.iif.hu/kiallit/tudtor/tudos1/martians.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]