This is untrue. I have used CentOS 3 up to CentOS 5.4 both i386/x64 with PowerEdge servers ranging from [12][6789]50s, R410s, R710s, etc w/PERCs. I have never had a problem with out-of-the-box CentOS interfacing with the PERCs.
Do any other operating systems fail to recognize the virtual drive? -- Jack From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter Larsen Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 10:55 PM To: Steve Jenkins Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: CentOS install can't find /dev/sda? You need the raid drivers from Dell; perc isn't recognized out of the box with Centos. On Tue, 2010-02-23 at 22:32 -0500, Steve Jenkins wrote: I've been trying for a few days now to install CentOS 5.4 on a PowerEdge 1850. During the boot, I can press CTRL+M to configure the RAID controller and 2 drives into a RAID 1 array which initializes and appears just fine. However, trying to install CentOS (Net install, DVD install, 64-bit, 32-bit, text install, gui install, etc.) always fails right after the "Welcome to CentOS" part when it reports that it can't find /dev/sda to partition pre-install. Has anyone else seen this? I've updated all the firmwares possible, and am still seeing this issue. I've decided that the RAID controller is probably wonky, but before I work on swapping that out, anyone else have any ideas I may have missed? Thanks, Steve _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq -- Best Regards Peter Larsen Wise words of the day: I saw a subliminal advertising executive, but only for a second. -- Steven Wright
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