Re: IDE mondorestore DVD to Perc4 Raid machine

From: Hugo Vanwoerkom (hvw59601_at_care2.com)
Date: 09/03/05

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Date:  Sat, 03 Sep 2005 05:47:31 -0500

    John Fleming wrote:
    > I'm using current Debian Stable (Sarge). I routinely use mondoarchive
    > to make a bootable DVD of my whole system on a Dell 600SC with an IDE
    > drive. This DVD is capable of restoring to bare metal if necessary.
    > I've never tried it on the 600SC because I've never had to. However, I
    > have used it to restore an AMD machine, also with an IDE drive. It
    > restored the whole system flawlessly!
    >
    > Now I want to use the 600SC's mondo backup DVD to restore (clone to) a
    > Dell PowerEdge 1850 with a perc 4eid raid 1 controller. Note that I can
    > install Sarge from scratch (not the mondo backup) on the 1850 with a 2.4
    > kernel just fine. However, the 2.6 kernel installer doesn't recognize
    > the SCSI drive array.
    >
    > Similarly, when I try the monorestore, it doesn't recognize the HDD.
    > I've tried using DVDs made with mondo running with a 2.4 kernel as well
    > as a 2.6 kernel - neither recognizes the HDD.
    >
    > Anyone done this and know how to get mondo to recognize the perc 4eid
    > raid controller as a logical HDD?
    >
    > I posted this here rather than the mondo list because you guys are the
    > most familiar with Debian's flavors and distros.
    >

    And you used mondo (2.04-4)?

    H 

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