Wayne Stout wrote:
>
> Greetings, everyone.
>
> My company is attmpting to replace an older NCR Unix fax/file server
> with a new Compaq Proliant ML350 with a Smart Array 431 raid controller.
> There are 4 18.2G hard drives configured into a single logical drive
> RAID5. Due to a limitation of the fax server software, we have to use
> either 6.1 or 6.2. The only thing my boss could find at Best Buy was a
> single copy of 6.1.
>
> Using a couple of downloaded disks from Compaq, I have gotten through
> the install sucessfully. However, the server won't boot. (The raid
> controller is located on the 2nd PCI bus) When I try to use the boot
> disk I created during the install procedure, it gets to the point of
> trying to load cpqarray.o and gives the "Device or resource busy"
> message. (Incidentally, I was having the same problem in the install
> procedure until I found an updated "driver" disk on Compaq's website) So
> basically, I have what should be a functional install on the raid disk,
> but I can't get to the disk to try updating the cpqarray.o file.
>
> Has anyone else ever sucessfully installed either 6.1 or 6.2 on a raid5
> system? And no, there are no hard disks in the system other than the
> ones in the raid.
>
Yes, on Mylex; very easy, works great. As for your problem, do you have
another Linux box? If so, build a bare kernel with the driver module in
it, build a boot disk and put that kernel on it. Then you should be able
to boot the new system from floppy. Once you're in, configure/rebuild as
necessary.
Note that you cannot just mount the / file system and move the driver
module over. It needs to be either in the kernel or in the initrd image.
Putting it in the kernel is easiest for this process.
Best
Cokey
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