On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 05:30:25PM +0300, Vladimir Kozlov wrote: > OK. It seems that I've solved this. In the case it will be interesting to anybody - >here are some key points: > > 1. RedHat driver from Promise (FastTrack.o) is for RedHat kernel 2.4.18-3 > 2. My Debian box kernel is 2.4.18 > 3. depmod -e FastTrack.o gives me no unresolved symbols. > 4. cp /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/scsi/advansys.o >/lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/scsi/advansys_.o > (just in case) > 5. cp FastTrack.o /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/scsi/advansys.o
There is no reason not to call it fasttrack.o. Frank > 6. insmod -f advansys > (a lot of messages here) > 7. fdisk /dev/sda1 > 8. mk2efs /dev/sda1 > 9. mount -t ext2 /dev/sda1 /raid > > Voila - it works. Feeling myself a cool hacker ;-) > > 10. Some steps to have it loaded on boot - it is not so complex. > > Regards, > > Vladimir. > > ----------------------- > Vladimir Kozlov, > IDM Ltd. > http://www.idm.ru, Tel +7(095)5344221, Fax +7(095)5302275 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Vladimir Kozlov > > Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 2:23 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Using of RedHat drivers in Debian > > > > > > Hello, > > > > We've just bought the Promise SX4000 ATA RAID card, but there > > sre no drivers for Debian. There are drivers for > > RedHat7.2/7.3, but I badly need to use this card in my Dual > > Pentium with Debian Woody. So, the question is - it is > > possible to use RedHat's driver in Debian? What kind of > > difficulties could be with this (of course I am rady to > > manually install and recompile kernel if necessary). > > Unfortunately, there is no source for driver, just .o module. > > If there is any thoughts - you are more than welcome... > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Vladimir. > > > > ----------------------- > > Vladimir Kozlov, > > IDM Ltd. > > http://www.idm.ru, Tel +7(095)5344221, Fax +7(095)5302275 > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
