Chris
Thanks, I've booted to milestone none. What modules would I have to
load and in what order to get my RAID up and running.
I'm assuming
sd
scsi_vhci
chs <----- this is the driver for the ServeRAID card.
What else?
Chris Wells wrote:
> G'day Murray,
>
> Do you know which module is creating the problem? Have you tried
> booting into milestone none, and start
> loading the kernel modules manually?
>
> I don't have IBM gear (Dell/HP/VMs only), but I have noticed problems
> with S10U1-4 after install with panicking on first boot.
> I've got around the issue with forcing 32bit mode, and then installing
> the kernel jumbo patch.
>
> What happens if you boot into 32 bit mode rather than the default
> autodetect mode?
>
> NB - We (NAB) are just embarking on our first prod S10x86 systems...
>
> Good luck - Chris
>
> On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 7:00 PM, Murray Blakeman
> <mblakeman at netspace.net.au> wrote:
>> Please help a fellow MSOSUGie
>>
>> I know, I know....I should be using SPARC
>> hardware...yada....yada....yada....but at the moment I only have x86.
>>
>> I've been running Linux on an IBM Netfinity 5600 Server. Using a
>> ServeRAID 4H controller with a RAID 5 setup.
>>
>> I finally had time to backup the data to install Solaris 10 (u4). I
>> confirmed a few months back that Solaris 10 will support the hardware by
>> using the Solaris CheckTool CD.
>>
>> The ServeRAID card is supported by the "chs" driver.
>>
>> I booted up the Solaris 10 CD no problems, got to the GUI, etc but
>> decided I'd change my RAID config to have 2 x Logical Drives, rather
>> than 1 big one.
>>
>> I booted to the RAID config CD and made the changes. This kicked off a
>> full sync/init for the RAID. Once it had finished I try to boot to the
>> Solaris 10 CD again. **KERNEL PANIC**
>>
>> This panic happens when the modules are loaded, before I even get to the
>> first menu screen. I found that if I add "disable-chs=true" to the
>> kernel line in GRUB it boots to the CD fine. (doesn't load the kernel
>> driver module for the raid card).
>>
>> Ok, some things I have tried.
>>
>> * I can install Linux and Windows without issues.
>> * I've tried an alternate ServeRAID 3H card (Same Kernel Panic).
>> * I've tried a different CD and DVD drive.
>> * If I factory reset the ServeRAID card (remove the config) and
>> leave it unconfigured, I can boot the CD but I do get a viper_init
>> RAID config error.
>> * I've tried different CD's including U5 and OpenSolaris 2008.05
>> (this doesn't have the "chs" driver anyway).
>>
>> I read a few post online that I may need to do an individual low level
>> format of each drive. Can't see how this would help though.
>>
>> I've booted with "-kdv" as kernel option to try and catch the panic but
>> I think the vital info disappears off the screen so I can't read it. Is
>> there a way to view details for the kernel panic and perhaps record it
>> so I can share it with others?
>>
>> Short of buying a SPARC system or an alternate RAID card, any suggestions?
>>
>> I'm really keen to get Solaris on this Server so any help will be very
>> much appreciated.
>>
>> Murray B.
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