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Re: Vortex Raid Controller and XFS

To: Steve Lord <lord@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Vortex Raid Controller and XFS
From: Russell Cattelan <cattelan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 10:30:19 -0500
Cc: Stefan Sommer <Stefan.Sommer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
References: <200106071354.f57Dskq26453@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sender: owner-linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
Steve Lord wrote:

> Hi,
>
> You might try turning off devfs, this may be an issue with the raid driver
> not being devfs aware. You can do a quick test by using the
>
>         devfs=nomount
>
> option at boot time. Going one step further, you can rebuild the kernel
> with devfs turned off.

Note devfs is not enabled in the "BOOT " kernel.
Only in the installed kernels.

>
>
> Hope this helps,
>
>    Steve
>
> >
> > Hallo XFS Team
> > i tried to install XFS Redhat 7.1 on a PC Server with boot devices on a 
> > Vorte
> > x RAID Controller.
> > Install this configuration must be done by using the linux dd Installation 
> > mo
> > de. Doing so,  the XFS Redhat  loads the driver disk, \(it seems so\), but 
> > wh
> > en it has to create the file systems, it does not find any available disks. 
> > T
> > he normal Redhat distribution woirks correctly. Must I have special drivers 
> > f
> > or this Filesystem\?
> > I got this driver disk from
> > ftp.redhat.de/pub/rh-addons/driverdisks/rh71gdth.img.gz
> >
> > I hope, there is a solution,  because i have to build a HA Linux File Server
> > with about 1 TB Filesystem in the next week
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Stefan Sommer

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Russell Cattelan
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