Cerc ata100

[William Warren]

Prof. Dr. Saman Kothalawala wrote:
> Hello Everybody!
>
> I am operating a Dell PowerEdge 1600SC server which hosts our Web and Mail
> applications in our University.
> It is not possible to upgrade the kernel on this server beyond 2.6.8.
> version, since the new kernels doesn't recognize the hard drives.
> I tried apt-get, and compiling the kernel from scrap too without any
> success.
>
> We use RAID 5 on our system on a CERC ATA 100 controller.
>
> I read a lot about this in so many forums, and found out that a downgrade of
> firmware from x.62 (current) to x.61 is the solution.
>
> I have two questions:
> 1. Is there any other possibility available?
> 2. Is it safe to downgrade the firmware, will I loos my RAID array, or my
> data?
>
> I do not wish to regenerate the full raid 5 array and restore the data from
> the scrap!
>
> Please advice me on this matter.
>
> Yours,
>
>
> Prof. Dr. Saman Kothalawala
> MD., Ph.D., Dr.Ac.(MA), FRCP(MA)
> Professor of Alternative Medicine
> Open International University of Alternative Medicine, Colombo, Sri Lanka
>
> Knight of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem
> of Rhodos and of Malta
> Director
> Medicina Alternativa Hungaria Institute
> Qihai Clinic
> H-4225, Debrecen-Józsa, Sillye Gábor u 160, Hungary
> Tel: +36-(52)-530-379, Fax: +36-(52)-530-380
> Mobile: +36-(20)-9519-489
> Email: saman at medalta.hu <BLOCKED::mailto:saman at medalta.hu>  
>
>
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Honestly?  I would do a full backup get a new controller with new SATA 
hard drives and go from there.  It's not what you want but it willl 
allow you to continue to use the server and update to the latest kernels 
for security and performance.