Hi Andrew,

Did the steps you described below ever work for you to get your 
ServeRAID-7K working?

If you did, great, becuse I'm attempting to do the same thing now. Were 
these steps correct?


> Well, here's what I've done so far:
>
> Get a copy of the install DVD onto a read-write disk:
>
> 1.  Put OpenSolaris DVD in drive.
> 2.  cd to /media
> 3.  run "tar -cf /root/os.tar SOL_11_X86" (I create a /root directory for 
> root's home directory, and I'm creating a tar file because untarring it again 
> is much faster than copying it from the DVD if I mess something up.)
> 4.  cd to /root
> 5.  run "tar -xf os.tar" to extract the DVD files into the current directory
>
> Now, add the ips driver to the boot image from the install DVD.  First, unzip 
> the miniroot:
>
> 6.  cd to /root/SOL_11_X86/boot
> 7.  run 'gunzip -S "" x86.miniroot'
>
> Now, mount the miniroot as a loopback filesystem:
>
> 8.  lofiadm -a `pwd`/x86.miniroot
> 9.  mount /dev/lofi/1 /mnt
>
> Add the ips driver to the miniroot filesystem:
>
> 10.  run "cp /kernel/drv/ips /mnt/kernel/drv/. (assuming you're running this 
> on a server with SUNWips already loaded)
> 11.  Add ips entry to /mnt/etc/driver_aliases:  'ips "pci9005,250"' (9005,250 
> is the PCI id of a ServeRAID 7K)
> 12.  Add ips entry to /mnt/etc/driver_classes:  'ips   scsi'
> 13.  Add ips entry to /mnt/etc/name_to_major:  'ips  219'  (pick any unique 
> number)
>
> Unmount the miniroot:
>
> 14.  umount /mnt
> 15.  lofiadm -d /dev/lofi/1
>
> Gzip it back up and rename it to get rid of the ".gz" suffix:
>
> 16.  gzip x86.miniroot
> 17.  mv x86.miniroot.gz x86.miniroot
>
> Go to the root directory of the modified DVD files and make a bootable DVD 
> iso image:
>
> 18.  cd .. (puts you in /root/SOL_11_X86 in my case)
> 19. mkisofs -o ../new.iso -b boot/grub/stage2_eltorito -c .catalog 
> -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -N -l -R -U -allow-multidot 
> -no-iso-translate -cache-inodes -joliet-long -d -D -V SOL_11_X86 .
>
> Now, burn to disk:
>
> 20.  cdrecord dev=1,0,0 ../new.iso
>
> In theory, it should work, but I haven't had a chance to try it yet.  The 
> last time I tried, I missed the ips entry in the name_to_major file.  I got a 
> warning when booting the DVD, so it was trying to load the ips driver.
>
> After the boot DVD is finished installing, I'll have to manually add the 
> SUNWips package to the new system.  The command will probably be something 
> like this, once I mount the NFS file system with the SUNWips package in it, 
> and cd to the directory holding the package:
>
> pgkadd -R /a -d . (IIRC, the OpenSolaris installer mounts the system drives 
> being installed to under the "/a" directory.)
>  

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