> After creating the logical drives and initializing them, I then tried > installing my old trusty OpenSuse 11.2 (32bit) since I had a DVD of this. > During the install when it came to identifying the hardware, in particular > the drives, it said there were no drives found. After trying different > setups for RAID and getting the same result, I decided to do some googling, > I discovered that the Dell has raid controllers referred to as Power Edge > Raid Controller (PERC, H700 in my case) that have chips that are not > supported by some linux kernels (i.e. no drivers for these PERC's in those > kernels). My quick fix was I switched to CentOS 5.5 which installed fine. > > Kernels 2.6.33 and below seem to be affected by this. > > Hope this helps some one. > > Regards, > > Hyeroba Peter >
Hmmm, ran into the same problem early this year & like you said, it affects the Kernels <=2.6.33. I just rolled with the openSuSE 11.3 (x86_64 for my case) which ships with a 2.6.34-12 Kernel and had no problems. Thanks for posting (i didn't), Phillip _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
