I am trying to install Mandrake 8.0 on an IBM Netfinity 5100 with a ServRAID 4L controller. There are six 36GB drive attached to the 4L in a RAID 5 configuration. The system, controller, and drives are all at the lates level of their BIOS. Problem #1 When I start the install process, Mandrake recognizes the on-board Adaptec SCSI controller, but not the ServRAID controller. If I pick it from the list, everything appears to be fine. Problem #2 After I have configured my partitions on that big logical drive, Mandrake attempts to format the partitions. It will format my swap (512MB) and / (3GB) partitions, but when it tries to format /home (166GB) it eventually bombs out. The activity on the drives will stop and about five minutes later, I get the following message: An error occurred mkdir: error creating directory /mnt/home: input/output error When I click the OK button, I get the following error: An error occurred An error has occurred - no valid devices were found on which to create new filesystems. Please check your hardware for the cause of this problem. I have tried this same install on an IBM Netfinity 5500 with the same internal setup with similar results. I am wondering if there is a problem with IBM's ServRAID controller and MDK 8.0? I noticed on Mandrake's hardware site, the ServRAID controller is listed as having been tested by users, but not certified by Mandrake. By the way, RedHat 7.1 works fine. I would much prefer Mandrake, though. -- Best regards, Brent mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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