On Monday 23 April 2007 13:59:36 Teodor Bruiestru wrote: > Hi all! > I have a problem trying to install openSuse 10.2 on a ooold DELL PowerEdge > 2400 server. The installing process says "There are no hard disks"... > I belive megaraid module does not suport this old raid controller (PERC > 2/DC) anymore. > If i try to install an old suse (SuSE 8.0) everything is ok! > On SuSE 9.1 (i read) was a module called megaraid-old which worked with > this card! > Any help would be appreciated! > Thank you!
You'll probably have to take the source for the driver on 9.1 and compile it into a custom kernel with 10.2 When I've run into problems like this I've installed the OS on another machine, built a custom kernel then tar'ed up the whole system. Then boot the machine I want it on using the Suse rescue system. Use that to create all the partitions, filesystems, boot loader etc, then copy the tarball across and extract it. I then install the boot loader. I then use a mkinitrd -v -f myinitrd.img --with=megaraid-old 2.6.xx.xxx to create the RAM drive with the correct module for my hard disks. rebooting the machine from the hard disk I'll have 10.2 on legacy hardware. If you want to be more clever you could create a custom DVD of 10.2 with the correct driver in and a custom kernel package, should detect your drives and install as normal, then, depends on how often you want to do this for the amount of work you want to put in (could just buy a current Perc5/e RAID card instead). Matthew -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
