[ILUG] Install problems with 2 different SCSI controllers

[Mark Kilmartin]

You might want to have a look at the following page.
http://www.domsch.com/linux/

Also there is a very good mailing list dealing with linux on the dell
poweredge servers.  You should be able to find a link from the above
page or from www.dell.com/linux/

MArk



On Wed, 2002-02-13 at 12:58, Aengus wrote:
> I have a Dell server that was running NT, and I'm trying to install
> Slackware on it. The server has a RAID controller with 4 disks on it, and
> the CD drive is on a separate Adaptec controller.
> 
> If I boot off the CD, only the Adaptec drivers are loaded, and I can't see
> the RAID array to install anything onto. If I make a boot floppy from the
> MegaRaid image on the CD, I can boot up and access the RAID array, but I
> can't see the CD drive to install anything from, because the Adaptec
> driver isn't loaded.
> 
> I tried to copy the vmlinuz file from a similar machine that was setup
> some time ago onto the boot floppy, but that didn't work.
> 
> I'm sure that there's a fairly straightforward way to make the system load
> the MegaRaid drivers, but the documentation seems to assume you know more
> than seems reasonable for someone attempting to install Linux for the
> first time, and frankly, I don't even know what to search for on Google to
> get help on this problem.
> 
> Aengus
> 
> 
> 
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