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Robert Miciovici
03/14/2001 11:11 PM
To: "ServeRAID For Linux" <[email protected]>
cc:
Subject: Re: IBM ServerRAID 4L firmware 4.40.03 (Document link: Robert
Miciovici)
Hi,
Look what I can provide as further info about my failure to install RH7 on
the Netfinity 5100 with the ServerRAID 4L controller:
I boot in "expert text" mode from the original bootable CD created after
the iso image available on ftp.redhat.com/
and of course I have the IBM ServerRAID for driver for Linux diskette in
the floppy drive
look what I get on one of the installation log screens:
* Cannot find /tmp/drivers/rhdd-6.1; bad driver disk
* Cannot find /tmp/drivers/modinfo; bad driver disk
* Cannot find /tmp/drivers/modules.dep; bad driver disk
* Cannot find /tmp/drivers/pcitable; bad driver disk
and
* trying to mount device /tmp/fd0
* going to insmod ips.o (path is NULL)
/tmp/ips.o: init_module: %m
Hint: this error can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including
invalid IO or IRQ parameters
I also tried mounting the driver floppy and insert the module manually but
I couldn't even mount the floppy in the shell provided by the RH 7.0
install...
Oddly I can install RedHat 6.2 with the same driver diskette on the same
machine anytime.
What do you say, how should I approach this one?
Please help me.
Best regards,
Robert
"ServeRAID For Linux" <[email protected]> on 02/26/2001 08:00:11 PM
To: "Robert Miciovici" <[email protected]>
cc:
Subject: IBM ServerRAID 4L firmware 4.40.03
Red Hat 7 contains version 4.20 if the ips driver. It should install on a
ServeRAID 4L ( even without a driver diskette ). If you want to use the
4.50 driver diskette during install, it also works. I have installed RH 7
many times using the current ( 4.50 ) diskette and have never seen a
problem.
BTW, Keith left IBM in December.
"Robert Miciovici" <[email protected]> on 02/26/2001 12:15:00 PM
To: Keith Mitchell <[email protected]>
cc:
Subject: IBM ServerRAID 4L firmware 4.40.03
Hi Keith,
I know that you are busy, and I apologise for taking up a little of your
precios time, but I would like to ask you a simple question.
How could I install RedHat 7.0 on a Netfinity 5100 with a IBM ServerRAID 4L
firmware 4.40.03 ?
I already tried with the latest driver diskette but it's not working, says
something like: ips module couldn't be loaded complaining about probably
some incorrect module parameters (which I didn't supply manually and I
don't know what should I).
Btw: RedHat 6.2 installs like a charm with the same drivers diskette.
Thank you,
Best regards,
Robert
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On Wed, 14 Mar 2001 23:19:05 GMT, Robert Miciovici wrote:
>look what I get on one of the installation log screens:
>
>* Cannot find /tmp/drivers/rhdd-6.1; bad driver disk
>* Cannot find /tmp/drivers/modinfo; bad driver disk
>* Cannot find /tmp/drivers/modules.dep; bad driver disk
>* Cannot find /tmp/drivers/pcitable; bad driver disk
[ ... ]
>What do you say, how should I approach this one?
Are you using the right version of the driver disk and
firmware? It should be 4.50.
You best download the latest ServeRAID Support CD image:
ftp://ftp.pc.ibm.com/pub/pccbbs/pc_servers/25p2529.iso
You can upgrade your ServeRAID firmware & BIOS by booting
from this CD, and it contains a driver disk floppy image
that supports installing RedHat 7.0. It worked for me.
Supposedly there's a version 4.70 coming soon that will
suppport kernel 2.4. The current 4.50 driver is unstable
on kernel 2.4.