Re: ServeRaid 4M with IBM netfinity and kernel 2.4.x
On Fri, 16 Feb 2001 09:52:18 GMT, in fa.linux.kernel, Alan Cox wrote: >I don't believe IBM have provided an 'official' 2.4 patch set for the serveraid >yet so there may be bugs lurking. They have, but they keep it pretty well hidden. Version 4.50 of the ServeRAID driver seems to support kernel 2.4 and can be downloaded from ftp://ftp.pc.ibm.com/pub/pccbbs/pc_servers/24p2809.tgz There is also driver disk that lets you install Red Hat 7.0 on a ServeRAID array which can be found at ftp://ftp.pc.ibm.com/pub/pccbbs/pc_servers/24p2811.exe This too was hard to find on the IBM web sites, and there is no mention of it at all on the Red Hat web site. While you're at it, you might just as well download ftp://ftp.pc.ibm.com/pub/pccbbs/pc_servers/24p2817.iso and burn it on a CD. This is a bootable (windows) CD that contains the above files plus everything else you need to get your ServeRAID running with Linux or other operating systems. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: ServeRaid 4M with IBM netfinity and kernel 2.4.x
On Fri, 16 Feb 2001 09:52:18 GMT, in fa.linux.kernel, Alan Cox wrote: I don't believe IBM have provided an 'official' 2.4 patch set for the serveraid yet so there may be bugs lurking. They have, but they keep it pretty well hidden. Version 4.50 of the ServeRAID driver seems to support kernel 2.4 and can be downloaded from ftp://ftp.pc.ibm.com/pub/pccbbs/pc_servers/24p2809.tgz There is also driver disk that lets you install Red Hat 7.0 on a ServeRAID array which can be found at ftp://ftp.pc.ibm.com/pub/pccbbs/pc_servers/24p2811.exe This too was hard to find on the IBM web sites, and there is no mention of it at all on the Red Hat web site. While you're at it, you might just as well download ftp://ftp.pc.ibm.com/pub/pccbbs/pc_servers/24p2817.iso and burn it on a CD. This is a bootable (windows) CD that contains the above files plus everything else you need to get your ServeRAID running with Linux or other operating systems. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: ServeRaid 4M with IBM netfinity and kernel 2.4.x
On Friday 16 February 2001 03:29, Stéphane Borel wrote: > I should add that the behaviour of serveraid under 2.4 is somehow > strange : during fsck for instance, it seems to get stuck and won't > go further if we don't strike a key on the keyboard. It just a gues, but try disable write back cache. I had similar problems with intel crcu31 RAID controller. Good luck. -- Andrius [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: ServeRaid 4M with IBM netfinity and kernel 2.4.x
> We have a problem here that make the filesystem crash during big files > transfer (>1M). It only happens with kernel 2.4.x ; with 2.2.18, it is > very stable and fast. I don't believe IBM have provided an 'official' 2.4 patch set for the serveraid yet so there may be bugs lurking. > I should add that the behaviour of serveraid under 2.4 is somehow > strange : during fsck for instance, it seems to get stuck and won't go > further if we don't strike a key on the keyboard. Yes this has also been seen. At the time you have to do this it appears that the Linux system is not waiting for the keyboard. It only happens on specific IBM netfinities too. Perhaps someone at IBM can trace it down a bit further since I certainly suspect we upset the firmware. Alan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: ServeRaid 4M with IBM netfinity and kernel 2.4.x
We have a problem here that make the filesystem crash during big files transfer (1M). It only happens with kernel 2.4.x ; with 2.2.18, it is very stable and fast. I don't believe IBM have provided an 'official' 2.4 patch set for the serveraid yet so there may be bugs lurking. I should add that the behaviour of serveraid under 2.4 is somehow strange : during fsck for instance, it seems to get stuck and won't go further if we don't strike a key on the keyboard. Yes this has also been seen. At the time you have to do this it appears that the Linux system is not waiting for the keyboard. It only happens on specific IBM netfinities too. Perhaps someone at IBM can trace it down a bit further since I certainly suspect we upset the firmware. Alan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: ServeRaid 4M with IBM netfinity and kernel 2.4.x
On Friday 16 February 2001 03:29, Stéphane Borel wrote: I should add that the behaviour of serveraid under 2.4 is somehow strange : during fsck for instance, it seems to get stuck and won't go further if we don't strike a key on the keyboard. It just a gues, but try disable write back cache. I had similar problems with intel crcu31 RAID controller. Good luck. -- Andrius [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
ServeRaid 4M with IBM netfinity and kernel 2.4.x
We have a problem here that make the filesystem crash during big files transfer (>1M). It only happens with kernel 2.4.x ; with 2.2.18, it is very stable and fast. I have seen a thread some time ago concerning such problem but is there a solution against it now ? I should add that the behaviour of serveraid under 2.4 is somehow strange : during fsck for instance, it seems to get stuck and won't go further if we don't strike a key on the keyboard. -- Stef - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
ServeRaid 4M with IBM netfinity and kernel 2.4.x
We have a problem here that make the filesystem crash during big files transfer (1M). It only happens with kernel 2.4.x ; with 2.2.18, it is very stable and fast. I have seen a thread some time ago concerning such problem but is there a solution against it now ? I should add that the behaviour of serveraid under 2.4 is somehow strange : during fsck for instance, it seems to get stuck and won't go further if we don't strike a key on the keyboard. -- Stef - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/