install RHEL4.2 doesn't recognize RAID controller

[Kevin Davidson]

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old OS and applications under Xen or VMWare?

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On 11 Dec 2008, at 23:10, "Johnson, Roger" <rjohnson at idirect.net> wrote:

> If there isn’t a driver available from Dell (or LSI which makes the  
> PERC6/i chipset) for your RedHat version, then you don’t have much r 
> ecourse down that path other than to learn driver development... Not 
>  a happy thought.  DKMS can be used to build drivers for specific ke 
> rnels, but only if a “DKMS-ized” driver source exists.  Someone from 
>  Dell can chime in to confirm/deny.
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> However, we were in a more dire situation than yours--our software  
> is only certified for RedHat 3.8.  We ended up downgrading the PERC6/ 
> i to a PERC5/i for which there was a proper RedHat 3.8 driver  
> available.  I’d be surprised if Redhat 4.2 wasn’t also supported wit 
> h a PERC5/i driver.  The PowerEdge 1950 does support the PERC5/i, so 
>  contact your Dell rep to get one.  They may even be nice and let yo 
> u swap.  I think the major difference between the two PERC models is 
>  the amount of cache RAM (256MB on the PERC6/i), but I could be wron 
> g about that.
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> Hope this helps,
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> Roger Johnson
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> > Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:32:53 +0100
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> > From: mailinglists <mailinglists at e-tera.com>
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> > Subject: Re: install RHEL4.2 doesn't recognize RAID controller
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> > To: Bryan <bryan.madhatter at gmail.com>
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> > Cc: linux-poweredge at dell.com
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> > Message-ID: <4940DE45.2050306 at e-tera.com>
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> > Thank you for all your answers.
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> > The problem is that RHEL4.2 is really required by the software  
> editor as a prerequisite.
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> > They usualy work with IBM servers, that's why their never  
> encountered this problem.
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> > But they gave me their agreement to use a DELL server, so I will  
> look for a solution with them.
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> > For my personnal knowledge, can someone explain me how to build  
> the "driver disks" ?
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> > thank you in advance
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> > Bryan a ?crit :
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