RE: [SLE] SuSE 9.2 and Adaptec 2100S SCSI RAID

From: Anders Norrbring (lists_at_norrbring.se)
Date: 03/08/05

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Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 09:54:31 +0100

    > > On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 12:37, Anders Norrbring wrote:
    > > > Hiya!
    > > > I'm trying to get SuSE 9.2 up and running from a system with an
    > Adaptec
    > > > 2100S SCSI RAID controller, and I want to run the system entirely on
    > the
    > > > SCSI arrays.
    > > >
    > > > No luck. Kernel panic after the first reboot after installation. It
    > comes to
    > > > mounting volumes, then setting up hardware dependencies and wham,
    > there it
    > > > dies.
    > > >
    > > > After some Googling I ran into Mark's guide for 9.1, does this apply
    > to 9.2
    > > > and/or SLES9 as well?
    > > > http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-Aug/2476.html
    > > >
    > > > Later,
    > > > Anders.
    > >
    > > I looked this over briefly and wonder if he could have booted to the
    > > rescue DVD and run the commands:
    > >
    > > # mkdir /mnt/temp
    > > # mount /dev/i2o/hda3 /mnt/temp
    > > # mount /dev/i2o/hda1 /mnt/temp/boot
    > >
    > > add the i2o modules to the INITRD_MODULES line in
    > > /mnt/temp/etc/sysconfig/kernel in line
    > >
    > > INITRD_MODULES="i2o_core i2o_block" (plus other modules you need)
    > > # chroot /mnt/temp
    > > # mkinitrd
    > >
    > > Would seem to be much easier than adding an IDE drive and installing the
    > > OS to do the same thing.
    > >
    > > Isn't that the purpose of chroot, to temporarily change you root
    > > filesystem tree to something else?
    >
    > Ken,
    >
    > You are right of course, and I did post an update to my howto after I
    > learned about chrooting.
    >
    >
    > Anders,
    >
    > The 21xx-series of controllers have a readme that says they do not
    > support booting under SuSE. But, I have seen posts elsewhere that
    > indicate updating to the latest firmware and using the Adaptec drivers
    > corrects this.
    >
    > Adaptec seem to be increasing their Linux support somewhat. New drivers
    > were released in December last year and February this year for some
    > 21xx-series cards.
    >
    > HTH,
    > Mark

    Mark,

    I did a fresh install of 9.2 on to the 2100S, it went fine up the where rc
    initiated the "Hardware scan", just after initiating the network adapters,
    there it went belly-up with the Kernel error.
    So, booting works, even mounting the file systems, but somewhere along the
    line it borkes.

    I reinstalled using the i2o_core and i2o_block drivers, the system now runs
    fine, but I can't use any of the Adaptec utilities to manage the arrays and
    have it send me warning e-mails. For that I'll need the Adaptec drivers.

    Do you happen to know where I can find them? I've surfed around on
    Adaptec's site but I haven't found anything useful, it seems like the only
    release pre-built binaries for systems up to kernel 2.4, and the sources
    doesn't seem to be available either.

    Anders. 

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