[ILUG] SCSI driver install on RedHat AS 2.1

[conor at discuskeeping.com]

Quoting Paul Casey <paul.g.casey at gmail.com>:

> Hi Folks,
>
> I'm new to this list and newish to Linux so I hope someone can shed a
> bit of light on thsi problem I have at the moment.  We've got a linux
> box running AS 2.1 here and we need to install an application on it.
> The kernel version of the AS box is 2.4.9-e.3smp.

Which is bugcity.com
2.4.9-e.25 should be the minimum you run so.

AFAIR, the latest is 2.4.9-e.59
Check it here:

https://rhn.redhat.com/network/software/channels/packages.pxt?upper=20&filter_string=kernel&alphabar_column=NVREA&lower=1&cid=54

Which turns out to 2.4.9-e.62 !

> This app requires
> kernel 2.4.9-e.25smp (long story that's tied into a customised setup).

What app is it anyway?

> I've installed the kernel along with its sourcecode becasue the
> server has an HP SmartArray 6i controller built in and I want to
> install the driver for that and set it up in the initrd.
>
> The problem I have is that I've not had much luck (after much reading)
> with getting the new kernel version installed and using the correct
> SmartArray module.  I tried just compiling the kernel with the
> supplied SmartArray 5xxxx support turned on as a module and the
> startup just resulted in a kernel panic.  All my install work so far
> has been on IDE based machines so I'm wondering what needs to be
> diffferent this time.

I think you just have to re-create the initrd.

# mkinitrd -v /boot/initrd-new.img `uname -r`

Add a new boot loader entry for "initrd-new.img"
And reboot.

Let me know if you have any hassle.

Regards
Conor.