At 09:49 AM 3/28/2001 -0600, Bill Carlson wrote: >On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Dan B wrote: > > > We are enjoying the 352 as well. VA Linux Redhat distribution 7.0.1 > > supports it during installation (rh6.2 and 7.0 do not). > >Dan, > >Are you sure about that? I seem to remember that you had to use the extra >driver disk, but it was possible. I confess I usually don't install >directly to an array, I'd rather install to a temp drive and then decide >how I want the file systems split. Plus then I have a backup in case an >array recovery suffers from the dreaded Fat-Finger disease. :) I'm quite positive that neither distro supports it, but I would be happy to be proved wrong. Rh6 and 7 both ship with kernel 2.2.16 + patches. Unfortunately none of the patches increase the mylex driver version past 2.2.5, whereas the new mylex ultra160 series (e.g. the 352) wasn't supported until 2.2.6 (current version is 2.2.10). Additionally, the new driver required a 10-line patch or so to the main kernel (outside the DAC960.c file -- PCI changes I think), which may be the reason I haven't been able to find or create a working driver disk for the dac960 for rh62, OR rh7.0 Therefore, if you know of *any* sources for mylex driver disks, please let me know as I would be *very* interested. On the other hand, I was happy to find that the recently released 2.2.17 kernel rpms *do* include an updated driver that works great. This kernel can be included in a custom ISO rip if you were into that sort of thing, and that would solve the problem as well. Later, Dan Browning, Cyclone Computer Systems, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
