Mark, My apologies for your frustration.... However I don't see a way to "bottom" post my replies. FYI... I'm using gmail. Respectfully --Kenny On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 5:31 PM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: > Kenny Noe wrote: > > My apologies.... what is top post and how am I doing this? > > > > I thought I was just replying to the mailing list... Hit reply and type > > my message. (I'm such a noobie) > > > > I did find dd files that have the driver update but am lost on trying to > > get these into the install. Sorry but I don't understand what you are > > saying. > > > > I appreciate your willingness to help and all the others that have > > replied. > > My apologies for being frustrating. I'll have to read more. > > You just top posted, again. #0: fuck Outlook, and anything like it. > FOLLOW, or intercollate, with the responses to your email. Follow, as in > put your response AT THE BOTTOM, of the email, not the top. > > Just the way I'm responding to the email, above. Think of it as a > conversation - you know what someone's said, *before* you respond. Top > posting means I have no idea what you're responding to - you're not > talking to someone in person.... And for anyone coming into an email > thread late... I, and I think most folks, have *zero* intention of going > to the bottom of an email which contains everything said in the thread, > esp. with nothing edited out, and reading down a message, then paging up > to read the response, then paging up *again* to read the next response. > > That's a M$ asinine introduction, and I despise it, since it makes it > incredibly difficult to follow what's going on. > > I dunno, though - just dd'ing in the driver isn't going to work, if you > mean that you dd'd the driver itself in, or was there an .rpm? If the > latter, you need to find out what it does when it installs - where the > actual driver's supposed to go, in what subdirectory, and then, of course, > the last step would be to insmod it, and *then* rebuild the initrd so that > it's included on boot. > > mark > > > > Regards --Kenny > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 4:58 PM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: > > > >> Kenny Noe wrote: > >> > The link to the B120i array drivers pointed me to several rpm files > >> that > >> > contain the driver. The instructions are pretty straight forward and > >> even > >> > have a back out SOP. OK I've installed rpms before but that's from a > >> > bootable OS. I don't have that now.. I've searched for an ISO or > >> other > >> > means to install but my google-fu failes... Help! > >> > > >> Please don't top post. > >> > >> Boot off a DVD, or whatever. chroot to the system, assuming you can see > >> the drives, and yum localinstall. If you can't see the drives... anyone > >> ever tried to yum install into the running rescue system? > >> > >> mark > >> > > >> > > >> > On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 3:36 PM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: > >> > > >> >> Kenny Noe wrote: > >> >> > Thanks again to all the replies... > >> >> > > >> >> > If we purchased a "true" HP RAID HW controller, like the P222 512mb > >> >> FBWC > >> >> > or P420 1GB FBWC, would this work? I've read online that folks are > >> >> having > >> >> > troubles with getting drives recognized in CentOS. > >> >> > > >> >> > Also HP states the fakeraid driver is available for RedHat Linux 6 > >> but > >> >> not > >> >> > CentOS. Has anyone installed this? Thoughts / Comments? > >> >> > >> >> It will work. Worst case scenario is: on Dells, trying to run OMSA on > >> a > >> >> running system, if /etc/issue (!) says that it's redhat santiago > >> >> whatever, > >> >> it runs. Some idiot put that check in (even though their bootable > >> ISOs > >> >> are > >> >> CentOS). > >> >> > >> >> Several years ago, I was introduced to self-abuse (that is, tech > >> support > >> >> from a company which shall remain nameless, but who *must* keep their > >> >> profits up to pay for their CEO's fighter jet, and Hawaiian island, > >> >> and....) The first engineer I spoke with got huffy, telling me they > >> >> "didn't support CentOS", etc. I got them to give me another engineer > >> >> (and > >> >> another, and another....) > >> >> > >> >> So it should be perfectly fine to run their driver. > >> >> > >> >> mark > >> >> > > >> >> > I'm testing on my box now and will post my results. > >> >> > > >> >> > Thanks --Kenny > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 5:12 AM, John Doe <jdmls at yahoo.com> wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> >> From: Kenny Noe <knoe501 at gmail.com> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > Well shoot! Thanks for the link. Definitely explains allot! > >> I'm > >> >> >> going > >> >> >> to > >> >> >> > update the box with the latest HP SPP and double check the > >> updated > >> >> >> driver > >> >> >> > is available. > >> >> >> > With this RAID controller and 4x 1TB are there any > >> recommendations > >> >> on > >> >> >> the > >> >> >> > best way to install CentOS? Should I skip the controller, > >> config > >> >> disk > >> >> >> as > >> >> >> > JBOD and RAID from there? I'd like to get the OS on a RAID but > >> >> should > >> >> >> I > >> >> >> > just build the OS on one disk and then RAID the remaining three? > >> >> >> > >> >> >> If you use HP's fakeraid driver: > >> >> >> - you can use HP raid tools. > >> >> >> - your disks will be smartarray compatible, you can plug them on a > >> >> real > >> >> >> smart array they will just work. > >> >> >> - you are dependent on HP to release new drivers for the new OS > >> >> releases > >> >> >> on time... > >> >> >> - HP new policy: out of warranty, no more updates (except > >> security?) > >> >> for > >> >> >> you... > >> >> >> > >> >> >> if you use AHCI + mdraid: > >> >> >> - simple, standard, etc... > >> >> >> - not "smartarray compatible". > >> >> >> > >> >> >> JD > >> >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> >> CentOS mailing list > >> >> >> CentOS at centos.org > >> >> >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >> >> >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ > >> >> > CentOS mailing list > >> >> > CentOS at centos.org > >> >> > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> CentOS mailing list > >> >> CentOS at centos.org > >> >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >> >> > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > CentOS mailing list > >> > CentOS at centos.org > >> > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >> > > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> CentOS mailing list > >> CentOS at centos.org > >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >