PDC20378 - Help :(

[James Olson]

You might want to email promise tech support asking about availability of a 2.6 kernel version of the partial open source code.  Sometimes they have it and will email you a link to it but only if you ask.
----- Original Message -----
From: tlc <tlc at artemide.us>
To: "ATARAID (eg, Promise Fasttrak,  Highpoint 370) related discussions" <ataraid-list at redhat.com>
Subject: Re: PDC20378 - Help :(
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 11:28:29 -0500

> 
> On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 16:57 -0500, James Olson wrote:
> > If the kernel driver isn't seeing your drives you may want to try compiling a driver yourself 
> > for the FastTrak 378 controller.   Promise has partial open source code on their support site 
> > for the FastTrak TX4000 which also specifies the 378 in the README.txt file header. "PROMISE 
> > FastTrak TX4000/376/378/S150 TX Series Linux Driver README".  If that compiles and works you 
> > probably won't need to run dmraid.
> >
> This package is available off the asus website as well .. but its for
> the 2.4.x series kernel not the 2.6 kernel.
> 
> I believe the libata patch will work but I have a problem booting off
> the SATA with some kernels and the 2.6.15 seems to be one of them so I
> am dealing with that issue first now.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: tlc <tlc at artemide.us>
> > To: "ATARAID (eg, Promise Fasttrak,  Highpoint 370) related discussions" 
> > <ataraid-list at redhat.com>
> > Subject: Re: PDC20378 - Help :(
> > Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 15:26:57 -0500
> >
> > > > On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 12:32 -0500, tlc wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 12:24 -0500, Phillip Susi wrote:
> > > > > Aha!  Ok, now this is making sense.  The real problem is that the kernel > is not > > 
> > recognizing your two PATA drives at all, therefore, dmraid has no > drives to detect as a raid.
> > > >
> > > > > This isn't really related to dmraid, so I am not sure if this is the > correct place to 
> > > > discuss it, but if I were you, I'd unplug the sata > drive and see if you can get the 
> > kernel > > to recognize the pata drives in > some fashion.
> > > > > :) correct. the PDC20378 can have either SATA drives or PATA drives. My
> > > > SATA drive is on the ICH5 controller not on the fake raid. I was passed to this list from 
> > the > > RH list and the fedora list ... is
> > > > there a libata list :)
> > > >
> > > > I am configuring the patched 2.6.15rc1 kernel now, I am hoping the patch
> > > > to the libata driver will do it.
> > > >
> > > > I'll keep everyone posted
> > > >
> > > well .. the machine does not boot on the new kernel .. but I get the
> > > feeling its a good not booting, like its seeing the new hard drives and
> > > screwing up the device order ...
> > > > > Thanks.
> > > >
> > > > > tlc wrote:
> > > > > > Ok, let me start over, as I said before I posted my full message to this
> > > > > > list before and only posted a brief problem this time.
> > > > > > > > Here is a link to the full post ..
> > > > > > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2005-October/msg02838.html
> > > > > > notice the misuse of the word to .. it should be two .. sorry
> > > > > > > > The PDC20378 is a 'fake' raid , so it does have a bios but it is a
> > > > > > software raid. There are 2 PATA IDE drives attached. > > > > I know very well that I 
> > can > > not RAID a single drive.
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