RE: Adaptec SCSI RAID 2000S

Johan Booysen <mailto:johan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> scribbled on Monday, October
22, 2007 10:09 AM:

Not so sure about that, as I've noticed that CentOS seems to have more device
support. Without going into specifics, I've managed to install CentOS a while
ago in VMWare server using virtual scsi-drives that RHEL didn't cope with at
the time. Dito for some physical machines.

Maybe CentOS has more user-centric repos available than RHEL does, which could
account for more hw-support or something to that effect. I'm speculating
heavily now though. 8-)

Give it a go though, it can't more than fail (it's free as well, so why hold
back, after all it's a lab-machine right?), and in that case at least you'll
know it doesn't work with CentOS and will have a reference for the future.
Only because Oracale isn't certified for CentOS doesn't mean it won't run. 8-)


I don't think management over here will go for CentOS. Besides, if
CentOS is the same as Red Hat, I assume that it too will not have the
driver I need..?

Thanks for the suggestion, though!

Johan

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[mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sorin Srbu
Sent: 22 October 2007 07:51
To: 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list'
Subject: RE: Adaptec SCSI RAID 2000S

Johan Booysen <> scribbled on Friday, October 19, 2007 6:28 PM:

You should do fine with CentOS5 as a replacement for RHEL5. CentOS is
binary compatible, a clone if you want, of RHEL. Only real difference
(and the one I can care slightly about) is that CentOS has had all the
RHEL-logos etc stripped and that it uses yum for updating instead of
RHEL's up2date and the RHN.

I use CentOS myself for trying out stuff before deploying to our RHEL3/4
machines. So far so good. I also like the fact that CentOS is supported
as long as RHEL is. Redhat will support v5 until 2011?), and since
CentOS is basically the same thing as RHEL, the same will be true for
support and updates for CentOS.

See this thread on the CentOS forums, it might help you decide:
http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=3107&forum=35
. 8-)

[off-track]
I used Fedora before to try out stuff before, but thought the fast
update-cycle was a bit too bleeding edge. I searched around a while and
came across CentOS and haven't looked back since.
[on-track]

HTH.



Matt,

Good question, and a very valid point. But anyway, this box is kind
of a test-lab Oracle server, and needs to be RHEL5 for that purpose.
I believe it will be pretty heavily used, so virtualizing it won't happen
- I'll bet my last penny on that, and on the Springboks, by the way! :)


I think the next thing to do is to perhaps flash the Adaptec adapter's

BIOS to a newer version, and then see if the driver will load...I'm
pretty certain that I've exhausted all other options for now.

Will see what the boss says on Monday...

Thanks very much for your reply.

Johan

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Matt
Sent: 19 October 2007 17:18
To: 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list'
Subject: RE: Adaptec SCSI RAID 2000S

Perhaps this is not the answer you are looking for, but maybe you can
install another distro (Fedora or an older CENTOS) to get driver support.
Also, could using a virtual server work? I am just wondering if you
can place something like CENT as the host OS then run VMWare and maybe

create a virtual machine with RHEL5? Perhaps this VM will not require

direct hardware support for the controller? You might be able to
virtualize part of your infrastructure as well and run a legacy OS
which supports your controller - then, include this box in the virtual

infrastructure.

Maybe the real question is why is it that you need to run RHEL5 on a 4

year old box? I am not saying there is a problem with it, but is it
essential that REHL5 is run on this one?

Just some thoughts for you...

-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Andrew Bacchi
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 11:41 AM
To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
Subject: Re: Adaptec SCSI RAID 2000S

I hope you've already solved this problem. Have you checked the
Adaptec web site for a Linux driver? If anyone has one, it would be the
OEM.


Johan Booysen wrote:
I urgently need advice on this: I need to install RHEL5 on a server
that is probably about 4 years old. It contains an Adaptec SCSI RAID

2000S adapter, and there is no driver available that I can track down

on short notice (and none included on the RHEL5 discs). Anaconda
does not detect any disks on the server during installation.

Anyone know what my best bet is to get around this, or where to find a
driver that will work?

Thanks very much.

Johan

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