Hmm... My Dual Celeron box works fine with the MegaRAID 428. I'm using
2.2.13pre6 at the moment. I did update to the UF80 firmware but I was
using the original firmware before without any real problem. My problem
is it won't swallow my narrow devices.
Might you have bad memory on the card?
Brian Macy
Geof Goodrum wrote:
>
> On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Chad Schmutzer wrote:
>
> > The system in question is a Dell PowerEdge 6300 with 4 processors.
> > I have the Dell OEM AMI MegaRAID 428 controller configured for RAID 5.
> >
> > When I boot with any 2.2.x SMP kernel and run a command which utilizes
> > the disk (such as untarring a large file), the machine will reboot
> > itself consistently.
> > This problem does not occur however when running the non-SMP kernel.
> >
> > Does anyone know if there is a known problem between MegaRAID and the
> > SMP kernel? I have tried 2.2.12 which I believe has the latest drivers
> > from MegaTrends, but this does not solve the problem.
>
> The MegaRAID driver was written with SMP support, but SMP support is still
> evolving and it is possible that an incompatibility has developed since
> the driver was released.
>
> The official approach is to report the problem to Dell Tech Support. The
> unofficial but direct approach is to send a problem report to Jeffrey
> Jones at AMI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, who developed the driver. Jeffrey
> occasionally posts updates to the list and may reply directly.
>
> Geof Goodrum
