Hello everyone,
I'm trying to install the CentOS 4.4 Server CD on old hardware. The hardware is a Dell PowerEdge 2300 with Adaptec 7890 and 7860 controllers. It's the first time I've done a Linux install with hardware RAID.
However, I'm having trouble getting CentOS (as well as Fedora Core 6) to detect the SCSI hard drives. When it comes to the part where you choose where to install Linux, it just doesn't detect the hard drives.
It shows on the hardware configuration when the system boots up and when I try to install Windows 2003 Server, the drives are detected - so I don't think it's a hardware issue.
Now, the question is - do I have to initialize something on the installation process? What do I do so that I can install CentOS with this specific configuration.
Best regards, Matt
On Oct 30, 2006, at 6:50 PM, Matt Arnilo S. Baluyos (Mailing Lists) wrote:
Hello everyone,
I'm trying to install the CentOS 4.4 Server CD on old hardware. The hardware is a Dell PowerEdge 2300 with Adaptec 7890 and 7860 controllers. It's the first time I've done a Linux install with hardware RAID.
However, I'm having trouble getting CentOS (as well as Fedora Core 6) to detect the SCSI hard drives. When it comes to the part where you choose where to install Linux, it just doesn't detect the hard drives.
Is this another old megaraid driver issue? Try here:
http://www.tuxyturvy.com/blog/index.php?/archives/4-Installing-RHEL4- on-Systems-with-Legacy-Megaraid-Drivers.html
-steve
On Mon, 2006-10-30 at 19:10 -0500, Steve Huff wrote:
On Oct 30, 2006, at 6:50 PM, Matt Arnilo S. Baluyos (Mailing Lists) wrote:
Hello everyone,
I'm trying to install the CentOS 4.4 Server CD on old hardware. The hardware is a Dell PowerEdge 2300 with Adaptec 7890 and 7860 controllers. It's the first time I've done a Linux install with hardware RAID.
However, I'm having trouble getting CentOS (as well as Fedora Core 6) to detect the SCSI hard drives. When it comes to the part where you choose where to install Linux, it just doesn't detect the hard drives.
Is this another old megaraid driver issue? Try here:
http://www.tuxyturvy.com/blog/index.php?/archives/4-Installing-RHEL4- on-Systems-with-Legacy-Megaraid-Drivers.html
---- adaptec is typically aac/aacraid
megaraid is LSI (often rebranded by Dell as PERC 2) at least the one's that were affected by this. The tuxyturvy.com page referred to above has been working for me with my caveats but this isn't his issue.
You might be SOL - try booting 'linux noprobe' and manually loading the Adaptec drivers.
CentOS 3.x is likely to still work though.
Craig
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