4x Kernel

2006-09-12 Thread Keith Phipps

Good Day,

We've got a FreeBSD box that's running 4.10 (that may not be correct, but
it's 4.x for certain) and it's not seeing our ATA driver on the appliance
it's been installed on. It's just a small 1u device, 1 hard drive, no RAID.
The same version installs on the 2u with the RAID controller no problem.
Best I can tell, 6.1 has the proper ATA driver. ICH7 is what I'm looking
for.

The build of our boxes are ISO'd on a CD, so I'm wondering the best way to
get this done - as I've never had to recompile anything and the more and
more I'm reading, the more and more it looks like I'm going to have to

a) figure out where/how to pull the ICH7 ATA driver from the 6.1 build
b) how I can recompile the kernel that goes with the ISO

It'd be easy (so google says) if it were anything other than the drive
controller - but since I can get to the drive, I can't load the OS properly,
can't just replace the kernel that way.

Any and all ideas, resources, etc.. would be helpful, as this was just sort
of dropped on my plate.

Thanks!

-Keith
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Re: 4x Kernel

2006-09-12 Thread Mark Cullen

Keith Phipps wrote:

Good Day,

We've got a FreeBSD box that's running 4.10 (that may not be correct, but
it's 4.x for certain) and it's not seeing our ATA driver on the appliance
it's been installed on. It's just a small 1u device, 1 hard drive, no RAID.
The same version installs on the 2u with the RAID controller no problem.
Best I can tell, 6.1 has the proper ATA driver. ICH7 is what I'm looking
for.

The build of our boxes are ISO'd on a CD, so I'm wondering the best way to
get this done - as I've never had to recompile anything and the more and
more I'm reading, the more and more it looks like I'm going to have to

a) figure out where/how to pull the ICH7 ATA driver from the 6.1 build
b) how I can recompile the kernel that goes with the ISO

It'd be easy (so google says) if it were anything other than the drive
controller - but since I can get to the drive, I can't load the OS 
properly,

can't just replace the kernel that way.

Any and all ideas, resources, etc.. would be helpful, as this was just sort
of dropped on my plate.

Thanks!

-Keith
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Is there any particular reason why you can't just use 6.1? I know it's 
probably not what you want to hear, but it's highly likely it's going to 
be said if I don't anyway :-)


If it's because of stability, you *could* give NetBSD or OpenBSD a try 
perhaps? I had even 4.x panic'ing and locking up on my machine, where 
NetBSD 3 is totally stable. I *think* NetBSD 3 supports ICH7 at least.


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Re: 4x Kernel

2006-09-12 Thread Keith Phipps

On 9/12/06, Mark Cullen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Keith Phipps wrote:
 Good Day,

 We've got a FreeBSD box that's running 4.10 (that may not be correct,
but
 it's 4.x for certain) and it's not seeing our ATA driver on the
appliance
 it's been installed on. It's just a small 1u device, 1 hard drive, no
RAID.
 The same version installs on the 2u with the RAID controller no problem.
 Best I can tell, 6.1 has the proper ATA driver. ICH7 is what I'm looking
 for.

 The build of our boxes are ISO'd on a CD, so I'm wondering the best way
to
 get this done - as I've never had to recompile anything and the more and
 more I'm reading, the more and more it looks like I'm going to have to

 a) figure out where/how to pull the ICH7 ATA driver from the 6.1 build
 b) how I can recompile the kernel that goes with the ISO

 It'd be easy (so google says) if it were anything other than the drive
 controller - but since I can get to the drive, I can't load the OS
 properly,
 can't just replace the kernel that way.

 Any and all ideas, resources, etc.. would be helpful, as this was just
sort
 of dropped on my plate.

 Thanks!

 -Keith
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Is there any particular reason why you can't just use 6.1? I know it's
probably not what you want to hear, but it's highly likely it's going to
be said if I don't anyway :-)

If it's because of stability, you *could* give NetBSD or OpenBSD a try
perhaps? I had even 4.x panic'ing and locking up on my machine, where
NetBSD 3 is totally stable. I *think* NetBSD 3 supports ICH7 at least.




I wish that were possible, and it will be in a few months. We've got to keep
the production boxes the same as the ones in the field until we do the big
upgrade post new year. Believe me, I've run my head into the lets just get
to 6.1 stable head into the wall over this one. Got to love red tape :)


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