[CentOS] CentOS4 and older megaraid - SOLVED

[Matt Hyclak]

On Sun, Jan 21, 2007 at 08:41:08PM +1100, David Booth enlightened us:
> Mike Fedyk wrote:
> >Matt Hyclak wrote:
> >>Yes, you'll just have to boot the UP kernel until you do. It should 
> >>just be
> >>a matter of repeating the same steps with kernel-smp-devel 
> What happens with the smp verson with
> insmod /media/floppy/megaraid.ko
> It was already done with the UP version, same filename.
> >>and putting 
> >>the
> >>resulting .ko files in /lib/modules/xxx.ELsmp
> >
> >Don't you mean /lib/modules/`uname -r`/xxx.EXsmp?
> >
> I don't think so.
> 
> uname -r for me is 2.6.9-42.EL
> 
> But I have
> /lib/modules/2.6.9-42.EL and /lib/modules2.6.9-42.ELsmp
> 
> From the help so far I am proposing to:
> # Insert floppy with 686 version of megaraid.ko
> mount /media/floppy
> # Copy the 686 megaraid.ko module
> cp /media/floppy/megaraid.ko 
> /mnt/sysimage/lib/modules/2.6.9-42.EL/kernel/drivers/scsi
> umount /media/floppy
> # Insert floppy with 686-smp version of megaraid.ko
> mount /media/floppy
> # Copy the smp686 megaraid.ko module
> cp /media/floppy/megaraid.ko 
> /mnt/sysimage/lib/modules/2.6.9-42.ELsmp/kernel/drivers/scsi
> 
> and then
> 
> # set root to your newly installed system image
> chroot /mnt/sysimage
> vi /etc/modprobe.conf
> # make the line with 'alias scsi_hostadapter' say
> alias scsi_hostadapter megaraid
> # Save the file.
> :wq
> #Switch to the /boot directory
> cd /boot
> #Create new initrd files
> mkinitrd initrd-2.6.9-42.EL.img.megaraid 2.6.9-42.EL
> mkinitrd initrd-2.6.9-42.ELsmp.img.megaraid 2.6.9-42.ELsmp
> #
> #Copy the new initrd over old initrd
> cp initrd-2.6.9-42.EL.img.megaraid initrd-2.6.42-EL.img
> cp initrd-2.6.9-42.EL.img.megaraid initrd-2.6.42-ELsmp.img
> # Exit chroot environment
> exit
> # Switch back to the GUI installer
> Alt-F1
> press Finish

That sounds right to me.

Matt

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Matt Hyclak
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