Re: FC3 install on Adaptec 2410SA - Adaptec says NO

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Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 23:12:53 +0100
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>

I don't know if this can help you, but it works for me.
My system is a normal Athlon XP 1800 with the same controller as you.
I tried to install FC3 some times, but only the last clean install and
booting were when I disabled the "write cache" for the drivers.

My 2410 is PCI64, but I put it in a PCI32 bus and it works well.

I hope this help you. Say us if that.

Salu2

Frank escribió:

> I have written several messages asking for help getting two systems with
> Adaptec 2410SA SATA RAID cards working with Fedora Core 3. Windows
> installs on these systems, and I was successful in running FC3 on a
> slightly different configuration of the exact same hardware (Only moved
> the hard drives from one into another) for several weeks. Despite that,
> with the current (necessary) configuration, the FC3 causes the on-card
> alarm to be triggered as soon as it gets to partitioning and reports
> that the drives are not readable.
>
> Here is Adaptec's response:
> ----
>
> The OS that you are using is not supported by this controller card.
> The standard Fedora Core 2 kernel 2.6.5 , should though allow you to
> install, but Ralph there are I/O errors reported under heavy loads.
> The newer 2.6.7 and 2.6.8 killed the aacraid completely are
> non-functioning as well.
> I 2.6.9 (FC3) has not tested yet.
> Driver and controller support is not provided for Fedora.
> Changing motherboards and RAID type could definately have an impact
> on whether or not the installation was successful.
> ----
>
> I don't know who Ralph is but the message is clear. This is not a good
> card for FC3. Based on my apparent success with the first card I
> purchased two more. All three will live on my shelf for the forseeable
> future, and I will order a 3Ware 8506-4LP to see how that works.
>
> I hope this message saves somebody else the considerable aggravation
> that I went through with the Adaptec cards.
>
> Frank.
>

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