From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas =?iso-8859-1?Q?Lang=E5s?= Subject: Re: Linux Kernel 2.4.18 and 2.4.19 problems Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 00:55:07 +0200 Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20020719225507.GC14331@stud.ntnu.no> References: <20020719192607.GA13880@stud.ntnu.no> <20020719140416.A25577@eng2.beaverton.ibm.com> <1027118177.7800.15.camel@UberGeek> Reply-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1027118177.7800.15.camel@UberGeek> List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Austin Gonyou Cc: Patrick Mansfield , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Austin Gonyou: > Use SGI's XFS installer and move to XFS on those boxen. You will not be > unhappy. We're using reiserfs, and converting to XFS is out of the question, sorry. > Second suggestion, once you've installed a RH 7.3 XFS installed box, > then go get 2.4.18-aa and recompile that and use it. > You will need to make a change to the scsi_scan.c file to add > BLIST_LARGELUN support to which ever devices you're using. Why? The vanilla kernel works fine with what we have in production, but not with the new P4 Dual Xeon. > (or use the 2.4.19-rc1-aa2 since it might be done already, assuming your > using PV250's and up) PV? No, we're not using Dell's storage solutions, only their servers. -- Thomas