[ILUG] more detail on compaq install...

[Jakma, Paul]

> 
> ok, here's the story:
> 
> a compaq presario 3000.
> 
> ---> an on board ncr53c8xx.o scsi card: this is loaded by the 
> installer.

sym53c8xxx.o would be even better.

> ---> i think the way it works is that the smart2 array controller
> actually has ncr53xc8xx.o scsi controllers on them.

many raid controllers have regular scsi host chips on them, in addition to a
general purpose CPU. Eg DAC960-PDU has 3 53c870 chips, and an i960. Newer
Mylex's use StrongARM, older Compaq's use AMD 29k.  Effectively the raid
card is a mini computer.

> ---> right now we have one disk loaded attached to one of the channels
> of the smart2 array controllers.
> 
> 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
> status of 1, ie it fails (fun fact for any newbies that get this far
> (see it hasn't been a waste): 0 is true in the shell, all 
> other numbers
> false).  so, why?
> 

possibly because the driver in the kernel is old and lacks support for 3200.

you'll need to get the newest driver,
http://www.insync.net/~frantzc/cpqarray.html. It should support dual 3200's.

> any knowledge of this particular setup or general knowledge about
> loading multiple scsi drivers would be appreciated.
> 
> btw, anyone know what support compaq might want to provide an
> installation using linux and compaq servers "out the wazzoo" 
> (yankism)? 

i think officially it's "best effort". 

> not sure what the higher ups would shell for, but it would be nice to
> know my options.  the current count is 8...  if you happen to know you
> might ring me at 087.680.4153...
> 
> thanks!
> 
> kevin
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