On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 9:14 PM, John Doe <jdmls at yahoo.com> wrote: > From: Kaushal Shriyan <kaushalshriyan at gmail.com> > >> I am trying to install CentOS 5.6 on HP DL 180 G6 which has HP Smart >> Array B110i SATA RAID Controller Driver. I have 4 * 500 GB SATA HDD >> and configured RAID 1+0 using System BIOS, the BIOS detects usable >> disk space as 940GB disk space, when i start installing the OS, it >> does not detect HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller Driver >> As per >> http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=15351&prodSeriesId=3884339&swItem=MTX-ee8b3f5c09a44b8aa259d07d3d&prodNameId=3884340&swEnvOID=4004&swLang=8&taskId=135&mode=4&idx=1 >> Is there a way to get .iso file during installation of CentOS Linux ? > > As mark said, did you create one (or more) logical drive(s) after you created the array? > About the driver, they say: "The successful installation will replace the driver that shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5" which seems to imply that a working driver exists already... > Also, remember for later that many hp tools/drivers do check the /etc/redhat-release for a specific Redhat release string... > If they see "CentOS ..." instead of "Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5 (Tikanga)", it won't install. > > JD Hi again So what i understand is disable RAID mode on the BIOS and enable AHCI mode and install the OS and install driver rpm and use the HP proprietary solution and it would be a software raid or use mdadm software RAID as provided by the OS ? Please help me understand. Regards, Kaushal