Try doing less email then, for your modem's sake.

On Sun, 2004-07-04 at 20:55, Andy George wrote:
> Good spotting, am downloading 570MB of ServerRAID ISO as we speak...
> 
> My 56k modem is melting...  Pulling 7.6kps, but melting...
> 
> Andy
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Matthew Gregan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 7:24 PM
> Subject: Re: IBM Netfinity woes
> 
> 
> > At 2004-07-03T081927+1200, Andy George wrote:
> > > IBM's ServerRaid controller might...have been upgraded, RedHat is
> > > having a Hell of a time using it, preferring to let me know that 18
> > > times a second, it's resetting controller IPS0.  This happens during a
> > > boot, where seconds before it goes insane, it tells me that the BIOS
> > > of the RAID controller SHOULD be AS500, but it's MP418, and something
> > > terrible has happened...
> > 
> > It's fairly well documented by IBM that ServeRAID controllers should be
> > run with matching firmware and driver levels.  It sounds like the
> > firmware on your controller has been changed, and you haven't bothered
> > to use the correct driver version.  As a result of this, you're know
> > trying to run the system in an unsupported and possibly dangerous
> > configuration.
> > 
> > > Anyone else can see something obvious, or knows why the IBM isnt being
> > > friendly to the RH install?
> > 
> > Downgrade the firmware to match the driver, or upgrade the driver to
> > match the firmware.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > -mjg
> > -- 
> > Matthew Gregan                     |/
> >                                   /|                [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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