On Fri, 19 Oct 2001, Gordon Rowell wrote:
> Have you tried the redhat 7.0 driver disk for the card? SME Server V5 is > based on RedHat 7.1, except for the kernel, which is the latest update > for RedHat 7.0 A RH7.0 driver disk wouldn't help, as we do not use the original RH7.0 kernel, but the recommended kernel update. What is required is a driver disk compatible the RedHat 2.2.19-7.0.8 kernel. For a network card, only the driver module is required, which can be installed after installation. For a RAID or SCSI card, a driver disk may be required. In some cases, the correct driver may be present, but the installer does not select the driver automatically (as the card is missing from its PCI device table) - in these cases adding "driver scsi xxxx" to ks.cfg on a boot floppy will be all that you need to do, if driver module xxxx is the one required for that card. Failing that, you should ask the manufacturer for a driver disk compatible with the latest RedHat 7.0 kernel - they've had since June 2001 to produce one. With specific reference to Promise HPT370 RAID drivers, we are unlikely to support the card until good quality open source drivers are available (and there's no guarantee that that will happen if Promise are not co-operative). In any case, FWIW, I remember reading that the RAID implementation was not as good as the software RAID in the linux kernel. Charlie Brady [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lead Product Developer Network Server Solutions Group http://www.e-smith.com/ Mitel Networks Corporation http://www.mitel.com/ Phone: +1 (613) 368 4376 or 564 8000 Fax: +1 (613) 564 7739 -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
