[plug] installing a RAID card

[Alan Graham]

Thanks Craig, but no go.  They use the install prompt purely as a
check.  If I type install dd, it refuses to continue.  Bummer.

I think I should be able to install the modules after the event, in the
same way as any other module.  I've unzipped the cpio image from the
driver disk, so now I just have to work out how to get the module
loaded.  Guess it's time to read the modules HOWTO.  Again.  I forget
the modules stuff every time I use it, about three seconds after I
finish.  Normally with a self satisfied smirk and a "I'll never have to
do THAT again"... :-)

Regards

Alan

On Sun, 2003-10-05 at 19:43, Craig Foster wrote:
> plug-admin at plug.linux.org.au wrote:
> > I'm trying to install SME server (used to be e-smith) onto a new box
> > with the LSI logic Megaraid 133-2 card.  SME server is based on
> > Redhat 7.3.  
> > 
> > The LSI card is supported in 7.3, but with (AFAIK) with binary only
> > drivers.  The card comes with a driver update disk to be used at
> > install time.  This disk image is the only way these drivers are
> > distributed, or at least, the only way that they are contained on the
> > LSI web site    
> > 
> > The problem is that the SME server install doesn't give me any chance
> > to install the drivers, ie, it doesn't give a lilo prompt to do the
> > 'linux dd' bizo.  Does anyone know of anyway to interrupt the install
> > script?   
> 
> AFAICR, it's during that install when it asks you to accept, type "accept
> dd" instead to get it to prompt for a disk.
> This does depend on whether the driver disks are that closely matched to
> the kernel version that came with the original RH7.3
>  
> > Or better still, how to use the driver disk to update the driver
> > after the install has finished?  The driver disk contains the 5 files 
> > 
> > modinfo  modules.cgz  modules.dep  pcitable  rhdd-6.1
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Alan Graham
> > 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Craig F.

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