Bug#410817: Will this problem be fixed soon?
On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 03:38:00PM -0600, dann frazier wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 03:00:00PM +0200, Guillaume Estival wrote:
> > I need to reinstall properly a file server into etch because it is
> > originally a testing sarge moved onto stable sarge dist upgrade into
> > etch. The result isn't really good (some things do not run anymore) but
> > I can't reinstall the system since Etch 4.0r0 DVD don't even see my RAID
> > 1 PERC controller
>
> You say its not even seeing the controller? If so, I'd suggest filing
> a separate bug. This report describes an issue where the controller is
> found but logical disks are not detected.
>
You was right, the controlleur is detected but can't found logical
disks. In fact, I have exactly the same thing than Mark:
megaraid: probe new device 0x101e:0x1960:0x1028:0x0511: bus 1:slot 2:func 0
megaraid: fw version:[6.62] bios version:[1.03]
same device, same firmware, same bios. (Mark should have a Dell
PowerEdge 1600SC or similar)
On the other hand, Dann seems to have a different hardware:
megaraid: probe new device 0x101e:0x1960:0x103c:0x60e8: bus 7:slot
0:func 0
megaraid: fw version:[] bios version:[G ]
See? no firmware nor bios version and more over, the last two number of
the device is not the same. I don't know if this is relevant but the
fact is the device "0x101e:0x1960:0x1028:0x0511", although detected,
can't be used "as is" since the logical disks is not seen.
By the way, Dann pointed out a way to fix the problem (maybe) : updating
the firmware/bios. Unfortunately, there is no update about this
controlleur on the dell web site...
I can compile myself a vanilla 2.6.22.1 kernel but it will not fix the
messy install I've got on that server. The only way I can use is to
reinstall a sarge with a dist-upgrade later (but I already done that
with a lot of problem so...) with a very minimalist install...
According to Mark, it only requires a minor change on the driver code
and I will wait for a 4.0r1 to do the job...
In the meantime, any suggestion are welcome ;)
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Guillaume Estival
http://www.dawan.fr
0810.001.917
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