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[ILUG] more detail on compaq install...

[ILUG] more detail on compaq install...

Vincent Cunniffe vcunniff at arbgroup.com
Fri Jan 7 10:48:19 GMT 2000


> > problem?  only the onboard scsi gets detected.  doing a ctrl-alt-f2
> > gives a bash prompt where i can run insmod cpqarray.  this returns a
> 
> I've found that 'normal' installs don't seem to be able to autodetect
> any of the RAID controllers I've tried. Using 'expert' mode for the
> install gives you the opportunity to manually select SCSI controllers
> + NICs.

I had to use expert mode to force-load the NCR driver for my machine 
here in work : a Compaq AP400 with a SMART drive.

Then I just built a custom kernel with support for that card and it's
worked perfectly ever since.

Vin




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