On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 23:33 +0200, Kai Schaetzl wrote: > I want to install CentOS 5.1 with hardware RAID on an HP DL140 G3 server > that I have here for testing. It prompts me for a storage controller. Check your BIOS Settings for the controller. May be that it needs to set to "Mass Storage" if available in the HP Bios. I am not a die hard HP person so check the settings available. I know for a fact this is a problem with other manufactures. Maybe there is a HP Guy or Gal in here some where that can elaborate some more on this for you..... > According to this readme page for the latest driver at > ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib2/software1/pubsw-linux/p1463703615/v44436/mpt > linux-4.00.13.01-2.rhel5.i686.dd.gz.txt > CentOS 5 should already contain a "default driver version contained in the > Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 installation CD" Then again the MPT Drivers for that controller may have been dropped for that controller. I do know several have been "End of Lifed" I know this to be true for other high end server manufactures. Support for them ended in RHEL 4. So that would = CentOS 4 as well. > I would rather like to use that than go the complicated route of providing > the latest HP driver. That "HP Internal Port SAS/SATA HBA with RAID" > actually is a RAID controller from LSILogic and I tried to load all four > LSILogic drivers provided on the driver list, but none is accepted. See bios explaination above. > Does somebody have experience with this server/RAID controller and can > tell me if I can go somehow with the drivers provided by CentOS 5.1 or do > I need to go with the drivers provided by HP? > > Kai > -- ~/john OpenPGP Sig:BA91F079