Good spotting, am downloading 570MB of ServerRAID ISO as we speak... My 56k modem is melting... Pulling 7.6kps, but melting...
Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Gregan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 7:24 PM Subject: Re: IBM Netfinity woes > At 2004-07-03T081927+1200, Andy George wrote: > > IBM's ServerRaid controller might...have been upgraded, RedHat is > > having a Hell of a time using it, preferring to let me know that 18 > > times a second, it's resetting controller IPS0. This happens during a > > boot, where seconds before it goes insane, it tells me that the BIOS > > of the RAID controller SHOULD be AS500, but it's MP418, and something > > terrible has happened... > > It's fairly well documented by IBM that ServeRAID controllers should be > run with matching firmware and driver levels. It sounds like the > firmware on your controller has been changed, and you haven't bothered > to use the correct driver version. As a result of this, you're know > trying to run the system in an unsupported and possibly dangerous > configuration. > > > Anyone else can see something obvious, or knows why the IBM isnt being > > friendly to the RH install? > > Downgrade the firmware to match the driver, or upgrade the driver to > match the firmware. > > Cheers, > -mjg > -- > Matthew Gregan |/ > /| [EMAIL PROTECTED]
