Debian GNU/Linux on Dell Poweredge 2950 with PERC 5/i RAID

[Robert Goley]

It sounds like the real problem is that the megaraid_mbox driver is not being 
added to the initrd.  It should include all driver modules need for boot that 
are not built into the kernel.  you can force modules into it by adding them 
one per line to either the /etc/mkinitrd/modules or /etc/mkinitfs/modules 
files and then running "dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-2.6.16-1-amd64-smp".  
Fill in your correct kernel package information for the reconfigure command.

Robert

On Thursday 28 September 2006 11:49, Jason Martens wrote:

> On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 09:19 +0100, stephen mulcahy wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is anyone here running Debian on a 2950? I'm curious to know how well it
> > works before we go and purchase such a configuration.
> >
> > In particular, how well does the PERC 5/i RAID controller work (and what
> > exactly is it hardware-wise?).
> >
> > I'm particularly concerned about the availability of tools for
> > monitoring the health of the RAID array - am I sol if I try to get
> > monitoring working with this on anything other than Red Hat / SuSE?
> >
> > Thanks for any comments you might have,
>
> I'm working on installing Debian on a 2950 right now.  So far, the etch
> beta 3 installer detects the disks, but after I reboot into the new
> system, the initrd can't detect the raid controller.  The installed
> kernel is 2.6.16.  I need the megaraid_mbox driver right? When did that
> get added to the kernel.org kernels?
>
> Thanks,
> Jason Martens
>
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