3Ware cards on RHEL 4.2

[Jack Neely <jjneely pams ncsu edu>]

Folks,

I am attempting to upgrade a server with a 3Ware 7500 series ATA RAID
card.  The machine has been running AS 3 for a few years and has not
given me any problems that I've seen today.

Trying to install RHEL AS 4 the loader will not get past inserting the
3w-xxxx module.  Giving errors:

    3w-xxxx: scsi0: Unit #0: Command (f7a68c00) timed out, resetting
card. 

The command address does vary.

I have 2 HDs in a mirror and have attempted booting/installing the
system with just 1 of the 2, and completely replacing with 2 spare ATA
disks.  Always received the same error.  (And now the 3ware bios is
being flaky about not wanting to see the drive in slot 1 unless I remove
the drive in slot 0. *shrug*)  It is an older machine...

I'm installing from the AS 4 Update 2 disks.

If anyone can shed some light on this I would appreciate it.

Jack Neely
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Jack Neely <jjneely ncsu edu>
Campus Linux Services Project Lead
PAMS Computer Operations at NC State University
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