Kenny Noe wrote:
The link to the B120i array drivers pointed me to several rpm files that contain the driver. The instructions are pretty straight forward and even have a back out SOP. OK I've installed rpms before but that's from a bootable OS. I don't have that now.. I've searched for an ISO or other means to install but my google-fu failes... Help!
Please don't top post.
Boot off a DVD, or whatever. chroot to the system, assuming you can see the drives, and yum localinstall. If you can't see the drives... anyone ever tried to yum install into the running rescue system?
mark
On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 3:36 PM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Kenny Noe wrote:
Thanks again to all the replies...
If we purchased a "true" HP RAID HW controller, like the P222 512mb
FBWC
or P420 1GB FBWC, would this work? I've read online that folks are
having
troubles with getting drives recognized in CentOS.
Also HP states the fakeraid driver is available for RedHat Linux 6 but
not
CentOS. Has anyone installed this? Thoughts / Comments?
It will work. Worst case scenario is: on Dells, trying to run OMSA on a running system, if /etc/issue (!) says that it's redhat santiago whatever, it runs. Some idiot put that check in (even though their bootable ISOs are CentOS).
Several years ago, I was introduced to self-abuse (that is, tech support from a company which shall remain nameless, but who *must* keep their profits up to pay for their CEO's fighter jet, and Hawaiian island, and....) The first engineer I spoke with got huffy, telling me they "didn't support CentOS", etc. I got them to give me another engineer (and another, and another....)
So it should be perfectly fine to run their driver.
markI'm testing on my box now and will post my results.
Thanks --Kenny
On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 5:12 AM, John Doe jdmls@yahoo.com wrote:
From: Kenny Noe knoe501@gmail.com
Well shoot! Thanks for the link. Definitely explains allot! I'm
going to
update the box with the latest HP SPP and double check the updated
driver
is available. With this RAID controller and 4x 1TB are there any recommendations
on
the
best way to install CentOS? Should I skip the controller, config
disk
as
JBOD and RAID from there? I'd like to get the OS on a RAID but
should
I
just build the OS on one disk and then RAID the remaining three?
If you use HP's fakeraid driver:
- you can use HP raid tools.
- your disks will be smartarray compatible, you can plug them on a
real
smart array they will just work.
- you are dependent on HP to release new drivers for the new OS
releases
on time...
- HP new policy: out of warranty, no more updates (except security?)
for
you...
if you use AHCI + mdraid:
- simple, standard, etc...
- not "smartarray compatible".
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