RE: [CentOS] **££!!*** Proliant!

Fri May 6 13:14:51 UTC 2005
Nigel Kendrick <support-lists at petdoctors.co.uk>


-----Original Message-----
From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf
Of Johnny Hughes
Sent: 06 May 2005 13:10
To: CentOS ML
Subject: RE: [CentOS] **££!!*** Proliant!
The megaraid driver is hit and miss it works good with some controllers and
not with others ... there are improvements in newer kernels.

I would download the boot.iso from both centos-3.4 and centos-4.0 and see if
it recognizes the controller.

http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/i386/images/

and

http://mirror.centos.org/centos/3/os/i386/images/

Boot from the ISO file and do:

linux rescue

When asked pick that the rescue image is at an http location use the below
information:

server:  mirror.centos.org

path:  centos/4/os/i386

Since there is no linux currently on there, skip the mounting question ...

fdisk -l

should tell you if the drives are recognized

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You could also download just the CD-1 for centos-3.x and centos-4.x from a
public mirror and boot from that, then do:

linux rescue

from the isolinux boot prompt as well ... if one works, then get the other
ISOs for that version.

-- Johnny Hughes


Johnny,

Many many thanks for the info - The megaraid drivers for 3.3 and 3.4 do not
recognise the controller but 4 does so I'm downloading the ISOs - 

Thanks again

Nigel