Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > Gregory P. Ennis wrote: >> >> I am trying to install a Centos 6.0 system on a SuperMicro with an LSI >> MegaRaid SCSI 320-2 controller. >> >> I had originally tried to install 6.4, but the 6.4 install DVD does not >> boot with this configuration. >> See : http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=5377 > > I don't think you understand how to use it. First, BEFORE YOU TRY TO > INSTALL, use the firmware option while it's getting up - I think it's > <ctrl-R>, and create a logical drive, whatever RAID level you want, with > spares if it's not just RAID 1. Tell it to initialize (you can do a quick > initialize). Then exit that, and it'll reboot, and Linux will see it > presented by the controller as one physical drive, and it should be happy. > > Thank you for your response. You are correct in that I may not > understand how to configure the LSI, but I had some help that was very > familiar with the LSI controller, but not familiar with Linux. > > Actually the configuration key is <ctrl-M> or <ctrl-H>, and we did > create a RAID Level 1; we also did an initialization that resulted in a > 100% a consistency check. > > After this, I expected to be able to start the 6.0 install, but when the > install disc got to the point of evaluating the hard discs it did not > find any, and gave me a prompt screen allowing me to select a driver > from a list, or add a driver via a floppy disc. There were (maybe four) > LSI drivers in their list, and I tried all of them without success. > > Thanks again, any other ideas ?????? If it's any help, some googling suggests that the 320 is what Dell rebranded as a PERC 4. It's kind of possible that there are 32-bit drivers for it - it does seem to be an old controller, though. The firmware for the controller *is* presenting one logical drive, correct? I also found this: <http://www.lsi.com/support/Pages/download-search.aspx>, so you might mouse around and see what you can find. I see it's on that page under legacy storage, btw. Good luck. mark --------------------------------------------------- Mark, Thanks for your help. I will take a look. I was wondering if I may need to get a more recent controller? Greg