On 1/4/2010 11:41 AM, J. Epperson wrote: > On Mon, January 4, 2010 07:18, Alan Bunch wrote: > >> I have two PE 650's with the MegaRaid controller. I want to upgrade to >> Cento 5.4 but of course the raid controler is no longer supported in >> that release. I can stand to loose the raid controller if I can avoid >> the hassle of compiling a driver. >> >> The question is: How much of a hassle will it be to just remove the >> controller and use the scsi controller on the motherboard ? These >> machines only have two drives each. >> >> These machines are destined to become DR boxes and I can use software >> raid to mirror. >> >> > The scsi raid controller for the 650 was the PERC4/SC, which I believe is > supported in Centos 5.4. I've put 5.4 on PERC4/DC based 2850s, at least. > The CERC IDE controller fell off the bus a while back, but you wouldn't be > migrating drives from that to a scsi card. > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-PowerEdge mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge > Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq > No, I have the CERC card. I guess the question should also include "Does the PE 650 have IDE controllers on the mother board.
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