Jan-Frode Myklebust schrieb:
>
> I'm trying to get this installed on a Dell
> PowerEdge 4400, and am having some problems. I never
> could get the XFS-1.0 release into this, so it's a
> standard RH 7.1 system at the moment.
>
> http://www.dell.com/us/en/esg/topics/esg_pedge_towermain_servers_1_pedge_4400.htm
>
> The kernel-smp-2.4.5-SGI_XFS_1.0.1.i686.rpm doesn't
> include the aacraid patch, so I have to use the
> kernel-smp-2.4.3-SGI_XFS_1.0.1.i686.rpm
>
> I Install the kernel:
>
> # rpm -ivh kernel-smp-2.4.3-SGI_XFS_1.0.1.i686.rpm
>
> make the initrd image, and move it to /boot:
>
> # mkinitrd initrd-2.4.3-SGI_XFS_1.0.1smp.img 2.4.3-SGI_XFS_1.0.1smp
>
> Add an entry to /etc/lilo.conf:
>
> image=/boot/vmlinux-2.4.3-SGI_XFS_1.0.1smp
> label=linux-xfs
> initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.3-SGI_XFS_1.0.1smp.img
> read-only
> root=/dev/sda1
>
> but when I run lilo I get the message:
>
> # lilo
> Added linux *
> Fatal: Kernel doesn't support initial RAM disks
Hm, your lilo.conf should look like this :-)
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.3-SGI_XFS_1.0.1smp
^
>
> Will I have to build a new kernel from source to fix
> this? BTW: what's the latest "recommended" version
> in cvs?
>
> Does anybody know why the aacraid module isn't in the
> linus-tree?
As found in this list the aacraid is a port of the WinNT driver.
Lets hope such thing will never go into the official kernel.
>
> -jf
My tip: Dump the Adaptec RAID to /dev/null, connect the disks to
the onboard UXXX SCSI and put SoftRAID 1,5 on it and enjoy. This
is what I do with DELL servers and performance is impressive.
I'm using the attached scripts to monitor the softraid.
Simon
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