From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: mike_rothon Subject: Re: hostRAID, AIC-7901, disable? - FIXED Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 12:29:31 +0000 Message-ID: References: <1103132961.3629.41.camel@compaq-rhel4.xsintricity.com> <32897.194.153.181.92.1103661695.squirrel@mail.valli.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids I will prefix this message by stating that I am not a Linux expert in any way! This is especially true of Kernel and module matters. Finally, however and after many hours of trying I believe I have found a good fix to run u320raid on a SuSE linux box! Tucked away on the Adaptec web site is an IBM download for SLES9, which is claims to be "released". What isn't mentioned is that this driver **seems to be** compatible with SuSE Linux 9.1. You can find an image of the driver update disk here: http://www.adaptec.com/ibm/downloads/released_serveRAID7e_index.html Instructions to make the disk are in the adaptec user guide. If you haven't had experience of driver update disks before (as I hadn't) there is a good article here: http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2001/12/hmeyer_driver_update.html Importantly however for SuSE to find the driver you need to rename the directory from i386-SLES3 to i386-9.1 and the subdirectories in the update.tar.gz file to match your kernel version. CAVEAT - this is slightly risky - as it leads to a "tainted" kernel. With the stock kernel on the 9.1 CD's it appears the driver is compatible although there is a tainted message during boot. Feedback is welcomed, particular about the advisability of this solution. Mike Rothon. Certisa Ltd. www.certisa.com