[CentOS] CentOS 6.5 install

Wed Mar 5 00:00:08 UTC 2014
Kenny Noe <knoe501 at gmail.com>

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
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