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raz0rblade
08-30-2003, 02:24 PM
Ok, just got my new server and im trying to install Debian on a dual 20GB raid0. The RAID card is Sil0680 based. Now I've been reading on Google/Linux and what I seem to need is ataraid. Starting up the Debian installer with bf24 it says it cant find any hard disks. I've tried to do fdisk /dev/ataraid/d0 but it doesnt work. ataraid is loaded as i have /dev/ataraid and its in /proc/devices as
114 ataraid
Please assist. All help will be greatly appreciated.
mdwatts
08-30-2003, 03:09 PM
Are there any other modules that are required as my Promise Fasttrack TX2 uses both ataraid and pdcraid.
pdcraid 13184 1
ataraid 7140 1 [pdcraid]
fdisk -l /dev/ataraid/d0
Disk /dev/ataraid/d0: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 4863 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/ataraid/d0p1 1 4863 39062016 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/ataraid/d0p5 1 523 4200934+ 83 Linux
/dev/ataraid/d0p6 524 1307 6297448+ 83 Linux
/dev/ataraid/d0p7 1308 2352 8393931 83 Linux
/dev/ataraid/d0p8 2353 2614 2104483+ 83 Linux
/dev/ataraid/d0p9 2615 4863 18065061 83 Linux
raz0rblade
08-30-2003, 03:45 PM
Im not sure. What does a sil0680 use ?
raz0rblade
08-30-2003, 04:26 PM
Ok, found out that i need silraid.o but modprobing and insmod doesnt work. Any ideas ?
mdwatts
08-31-2003, 06:27 AM
I've never noticed the silraid.o module included with any of my kernels or even as a kernel config option. Do you need to download, compile and install a separate package for the silraid module? Check the manufacturers website for available Linux drivers.
Judging from these G4L search results for 'silraid' (http://www.google.com/linux?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=silraid&btnG=Google+Search), it could be that module is included with the later 2.4 kernels as I am currently running 2.4.19.
#
# Note: most of these also require special kernel boot parameters
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_4DRIVES=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ALI14XX=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DTC2278=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HT6560B=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC4030 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_QD65XX=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UMC8672=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
# CONFIG_IDEDMA_IVB is not set
# CONFIG_DMA_NONPCI is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_MODES=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID_PDC=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID_HPT=m
It may be included in the 2.4.20 and above kernel.
raz0rblade
08-31-2003, 01:45 PM
Damn. Well, Im just going to use FreeBSD as it supports it.
mdwatts
08-31-2003, 02:57 PM
Originally posted by raz0rblade
Damn. Well, Im just going to use FreeBSD as it supports it.
What kernel version are you running?
Did you check to see if the siraid support is available as a kernel patch or already included in the 2.4.20/21/22 kernel?