topic Re: LH 6000 SuSE 9.0 installation problem - megaraid module in Operating System - Linux

LH 6000 SuSE 9.0 installation problem - megaraid module

Oyku Gencay — Fri, 25 Jun 2004 14:03:16 GMT

Hi folks,I'm having problems installing SuSE 9.0 on LH 6000 server. During installation I get "no disks found". The problem is that I cannot load megaraid and megaraid2 modules. Is this a known issue? If so what's the best way to attack the problem. Thanks in advance.

Re: LH 6000 SuSE 9.0 installation problem - megaraid module

Steven E. Protter — Fri, 25 Jun 2004 15:09:01 GMT

Check that the drivers you are using are supported by the hardware manufacturer and is certified for use with the distribution.

If not, find a combination that is certified.

Make sure power to the array is solid and the connector cables if any are good.

SEP

Re: LH 6000 SuSE 9.0 installation problem - megaraid module

Oyku Gencay — Sat, 26 Jun 2004 04:53:55 GMT

That's not the case at all. I must have given a bit detail but I've written the message in a rush.Details are LH 6000 dual Xeon CPU 1 x 36 Gb HD.(it does CPU intensive work)There's no SAN around, only 5 x 2 SCSI internal bus. It has SuSE 7.2 loaded with upgraded stock kernel (2.4.4-64GB-SMP)However we need to upgrade the OS to SuSE 9.0. Here are the kernel modules currently being used.eepro100 16272 1 (autoclean)reiserfs 157200 2megaraid 21280 4As you can see megaraid is being used, so I tried to have the same module loaded during installation but no lock. Neither the megaraid2 driver works.Any opinions?

Re: LH 6000 SuSE 9.0 installation problem - megaraid module

Robert Cunillera — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 02:41:03 GMT

Try to force the megaraid module load at the initial installation point, by forcing instmod megaraid
That worked for us.

Re: LH 6000 SuSE 9.0 installation problem - megaraid module

Oyku Gencay — Thu, 01 Jul 2004 02:52:23 GMT

No. insmod'ing during installation does not work. It fails without any significant error. Still not working. I'll have to stick with SuSE 8.X series I guess unless I find a way. Any other thoughts?

Re: LH 6000 SuSE 9.0 installation problem - megaraid module

Colin Topliss — Sun, 04 Jul 2004 22:27:30 GMT

Are you using a NetRAID 4M controller in this?

If so, try using the aacraid module. I use this on the system I have in the test-bed.

If you do a modinfo on the aacraid module, you'll see a list of some of the comtrollers it supports.

Col.

Re: LH 6000 SuSE 9.0 installation problem - megaraid module

Oyku Gencay — Mon, 05 Jul 2004 08:56:15 GMT

Sounds good. I guess it's the same card. I'll give it a try as soon as possible. I'm very unluck not to have a spare server with the same specs. :(