Thanks for the reply Seth ... I was beginning to think there was no one on the list.
The floppy/cd boots correctly and bombs exactly as you show below.
- from the shell at that point a lsmod does not show cciss loaded.
- /dev/cciss... does not exist.
- I would attempt to load ccisss.o if I could find it - I presume it's in the initrd ?
There was an item on May 2, 2005 Subject [Sisuite-users] Re: cciss disk problem DL360
where Steve Grandinetti responded :
The device support for the SmartArray device wasn't loaded, either via
the loadable module, or via static support in your kernel. By default,
typically, the SmartArray support is via loadable module. There is a
'discover' task that runs as part of the BOEL env. startup, that
identifies which h/w is present and loads the appropriate modules. If
indeed your SmartArray support is dynamically loaded, it's possible that
the 'discover' utility didn't identify the SmartArray devices.
If you continue to have trouble in this area, you can statically build
in the support by modifying the ./patches/linux.i386.config file,
changing the following two config variables from
CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_DA=m
CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA=m
to
CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_DA=y
CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA=y
And rebuild the kernel.
- The real issue is to have the new array detected correctly and the module loaded.
In the meantime how does one "rebuild the kernel" ?
Thanks
David K Livingstone
CN Signals and Communications
10229 127 Avenue floor 2
Edmonton, AB, T5E 0B9
Ph : 780 472-3959 Fax : 780 472-3050
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
| Seth Haines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2005/09/08 11:16
|
To: sisuite-users@lists.sourceforge.net cc: Subject: Re: [Sisuite-users] Smart Array 6i cciss not loading |
David,
Where does the imaging process bomb? Is it when parted starts trying
to create the partitions and format them?
I'm running into the same problem with some DL380 G4's (RHEL4 Install).
Partitioning /dev/cciss/disc0/disc...
Old partition tabe for /dev/cciss/disc0/disc
Error: Could not stat device /dev/cciss/disc0/disc. No such file or directory.
parted -s -- /dev/cciss/disc0/disc........
Error: Could not stat device /dev/cciss/disc0/disc. No such file or directory.
I remember seeing some traffic back in mid July from Mark Seger (HP
SystemImager Guru) but I never really saw the outcome of the
discussion. I'm starting to go through the archives now to see if
there is anything I can find.
Incidentally you should consider installing the HP Proliant Support
Pack 7.3, which replaces the tg3 nic card driver (that has potential
to drop packets under heavy load) with the broadcom bcm5700.
Thanks,
Seth
On 9/6/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I curently run Systemimager 3.0.0 on numerous HP Proliant DL380 G3's
> witthout a problem. They
> use e1000 nic driver and cciss(Smart Array 5i) diriver when booting from
> floppy. I have loaded
> RH EL 3 with the latest updated.
>
> I recently acquired newer DL380 G4 servers(Smart Array 6i and tg3 nics) and
> I ran into numerous problems :
>
> 1. The 3.0.0 standard boot floppy does not recognize the Smart Array 6i and
> therefore no disks
> are available.
> 2. The nics are not recognized.
>
> I have tried the following :
>
> 1. Using Systemimager 3.4.1
> - After much effort(another story) I finally generated a boot floppy
> from the std boot pkg however
> once again the Smart Array 6i(cciss) was not recognized.
>
> 2. Downloaded Ole Holm Nielsen's 3.5.2 rpm's(generate for RH 4.0 and posted
> to this list) and
> generated a bootable cd(no chance of floppy on this one:). Still no luck
> with with the
> cciss driver not loaded. The nic's however are recognized.
>
> So the immediate question is what do I have to do to get the Smart Array 6i
> recognized ?
> - I have subsequently loaded the machine via RH cd's(RH 3 upadte 5) and the
> array is
> working fine. Looked at the cciss code on RH 3 and the kernel source both
> cciss.c v 2.4.52.RH2 and the latest
> v2.4.54.RH all have the 6i updates.
>
> Other Questions :
> - I currently use local.cfg on my floppy boots : Can I use local.cfg on a
> bootable cd and if so how ?
> - Making a bootable floppy with 3.4.1 was a headace :
> - the si_mkautoinstalldiskette would exit with zero space on the
> floppy. No mention is made in the manual on this.
> I tried :
> 1. As per the suggestion in si_mkautoinstalldiskette(ie vi the code)
> I attemted to use /dev/fd0u1680
> - This worked for "si_mkautoinstalldiskette --floppy
> /dev/fd0u1680" however on subsequent
> boot the rc script which attempts to load local.cfg does so
> using /dev/fd0 and it fails.
> - si_mkautoinstalldiskette -out-file ddimage will also fail as
> it hardcodes to 1.44 MB and fails.
> 2. Took all the comments out of lcoal.cfg and syslinux.cfg and
> removed message.txt altogether. This
> then just fit on fd0.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
>
> David K Livingstone
> CN Signals and Communications
> 10229 127 Avenue floor 2
> Edmonton, AB, T5E 0B9
> Ph : 780 472-3959 Fax : 780 472-3050
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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