PE2950 and Debian

[Robert Goley]

For the PERC4 cards use megaraid_mbox.  For the PERC5 cards use megaraid_sas.  
For the SATA controllers on most dell servers use ata_piix.  For the onboard 
SCSI in many poweredge servers use the mpt family of drivers: mptbase, 
mptscsih, mptsas, mptspi,  etc.  There is a module for the adaptec SCSI card 
card that is added for the SC line of servers.  I don't remember it's name at 
the moment.   Not sure about yaird.  I read something about it but have not 
really dealt with it.  I have been using the default kernel from one of 
theearlier posts, Backport.org kernels, or custom compiled/packages kernels 
for special purpose setups.  I do not use the 2.6.8 kernels at all.  I 
thought it was a mistake to ship those with Sarge from the start.  I use 
2.6.14 or higher.

Robert

On Wednesday 05 July 2006 16:33, Einar Næss Jensen wrote:
> On 7/5/06, Robert Goley <ragoley at rdasys.com> wrote:
> > Not sure if this is still an issue....  I have had similar errors using
> > the
> > updated sarge installers.  It did not load the SCSI or SATA driver module
> > for
> > the card so it can not find the root partition on the drive.  I usually
> > just
> > reboot and then chroot to the mounted drive.  I add the module to
> > the /etc/mkinitrd/modules or /etc/mkinitramfs/modules file and then type
> > dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-2.6.14-2-686-smp.  You would replace the
> > linux
> > kernel image with the kernel you have installed.  If you need more
> > detailed
> > instructions on the chroot step let me know.
> >
> > I have a similar (I think), issue with a couple of 1855 blade servers
>
> running sarge and kernel 2.6.8-3. I try to upgrade (compile new kernel)
> buth when they boot they cannot find any drivers to mount root.
> what modules are nessesary to load in initrd and what drivers must be
> compiled into the kernel?
>
> it seems it is nessecary to use yaird instead the of default mkinitrd when
> installing newer kernels, but I have with no trouble compiled 2.6.17.1 on
> an optiplex  gx620 with sarge and installed it with no hassle.