Re: Fedora Core3: How to make Module-Disk for Installation, Problems with megaraid

[Andreas Tolle <andtolle tolle-netz de>]

Am Di, 2004-12-14 um 18.42 schrieb Rick Stevens:
> Andreas Tolle wrote:
> > Am Mo, 2004-12-13 um 23.07 schrieb Rick Stevens:
> > 
> >>Andreas Tolle wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hallo,
> >>>
> >>>I have an HP LC2000 machine with an HP-NetRAID 2M controller and 5 disks
> >>>in raid 5. He runs with Suse 9.1 and the 2.6.5 kernel very well using
> >>>the megaraid (old) module.
> >>>Now I want to setup the Server with the Fedora Core3.
> >>>At startup, he loads the megaraid.mbox modul, but no harddisks are
> >>>found. Also when I add "linux acpi=off apm=off" (without quotes) in the
> >>>startup-screen.
> >>>Now I want to add the megaraid.ko module from Suse via module-disk
> >>>during the Installation manually, but I don't know, whitch format is
> >>>needed.
> >>>Or is there a chance to get the inbuild driver megaraid.mbox for
> >>>running well?
> >>
> >>I think the FC3 megaraid driver works well, but I can't tell you for
> >>certain.  Keep in mind that drivers such as that one are built against
> >>the kernel and use versioning so the megaraid driver built for the
> >>2.6.5 kernel works ONLY with the 2.6.5 kernel.  The odds are that it
> >>won't work with the kernel installed with FC3 (2.6.9-1.667) even if you
> >>did make a driver disk for it.
> >>----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>- Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer     rstevens vitalstream com -
> > 
> > 
> > I thought also, that the megaraid driver is supported in fc3, but
> > definite no in my case with my hp netraid. I have tested to install fc2
> > last evening, this runs well with the buildin megaraid driver.
> > You make mention of building a driver disk. Do you know, where I can
> > find any documentation about this?
> 
> There are two megaraid drivers in FC3...megaraid_mbox and megaraid_mm.
> The "_mm" is the management module, the "_mbox" is the actual driver.
> 
> Looking at the source code, the HP NetRAID isn't listed as supported.
> The Dell "PERC", LSI Logic "MegaRAID", the Intel RAID SRxxx, FSC
> and Acer are listed.
> 
> The nearest driver I can see is the aacraid driver, and the source only
> shows the NetRAID 4M as being supported.
> 
> You probably should address this question to the fedora-users mailing
> list (fedora-users redhat com).
> 
> As far as building a driver disk, it's not trivial and if you're not
> experienced in it, I wouldn't recommend trying.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer     rstevens vitalstream com -

Thank you very much, Rick. The aacaraid driver  I have tryed a few days
ago, also nothing. :-(

Andreas