Re: 3Ware 9500 install issues
Load teh 3w-xxxx I not how but it works.
Ryven
Am Sonntag 26 März 2006 04:42 schrieb reeses1@comcast.net:
> Greetings:
>
> I have a machine that I'm trying to install Debian onto. The hardware
> consists of:
>
> Tyan K8WE Motherboard
> (2) Opteron 270 CPUs
> 4GB memory
> 3Ware 9500S with 4(RAID5) HDs
>
> The driver for the 3Ware card (3w-9xxx) isn't loaded by the installer, so
> there is no device /dev/sda to install onto. Using the second virtual
> console to manually load the 3w-9xxx driver doesn't help. The driver loads
> correctly, but it doesn't detect the disk array. This behavior occurs with
> the Beta 2 Etch netboot image, and with the nightly build also. The Sarge
> image doesn't work either, but it fails even earlier in the process.
>
> I thought that perhaps some of the drivers that were getting loaded were
> interfering with the operation of the 3w-9xxx driver, so I tried the
> install in expert mode and didn't let the installer load all of those ide
> chipset drivers, but it didn't help. I tried a PXE network install so that
> I could load no IDE drivers, but no dice either.
>
> I don't know if it is a problem with this particular kernel version or
> what. I tried the Ubuntu 5.10 live CD which has 2.6.12, and it is able to
> load the 3w-9xxx driver and see /dev/sda properly.
>
> After loading the driver manually, dmesg reports that version 2.26.02.004
> is loaded.
>
> Can anyone offer any insight?
>
> Thanks.
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