On Tue, Jul 04, 2000 at 08:55:38PM +0100, Lee Elliott wrote: > Nathan E Norman wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 09:03:43PM +0100, Lee Elliott wrote: > > > There is an option for Compaq Smart Array support when compiling > > > kernels, so you may need to compile a kernel with this support. There > > > seems to be a catch-22 situation here though - you compile a kernel with > > > Smart Array support, but it's got to sit on a drive that needs Smart > > > Array support to be accessed. Presumably though, if the ntloader, which > > > I doubt has special Smart Array support, can be found off the array, > > > there's no reason why a linux loader couldn't be used instead. > > > > Dunno if this applies to Compaq Smart Raid, but IBM ServeRAID didn't > > work with LILO at all. It worked fine with GRUB, which after cursing > > the docs I found easier to use. > > > > HTH, > > > I wonder if that's due to the LILO 1024 cylinder limit? I've never > looked at the device parameters presented by a raid controller - must > have a gander. Because the raid controller is presenting a > logical/virtual HD, I'd expect the same problem regardless of which > controller was used. It seemed to have something to do with the CHS translation; I can assure you that I re-RTFM the lilo docs several times and used all sorts of lilo config directives I'd never used before :) The furthest I could get was LI- (FWIW I've been using LILO for 5+ years though I wouldn't call myself a guru). I really do like GRUB; it's especially nice on a dual boot machine. It also presents a nicer interface at boot which makes my boss happy during the infrequent reboots that these servers experience ... -- Nathan Norman "Eschew Obfuscation" Network Engineer GPG Key ID 1024D/51F98BB7 http://home.midco.net/~nnorman/ Key fingerprint = C5F4 A147 416C E0BF AB73 8BEF F0C8 255C 51F9 8BB7
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