Re: [ILUG] Perc 2.si

From: Colm Buckley (colm at domain tuatha.org)
Date: Mon 24 Jul 2000 - 20:32:16 IST


> When using insmod megaraid.o it seems to recognize (1 host found).
> But when I get to the part where it looks for local hard drives it
> poops out.

You should in general use "modprobe" to load modules rather than
"insmod", to make sure that any dependent modules are loaded first.

> I read someplace that you would have to load the megaraid driver
> first, before the scsi cdrom, however when trying this, it also
> doesn't like it.

Plausible, I guess. Not sure how to achieve it - do you have a system
which boots from the hard drive, or from floppy, or what?

You should load modules in this order:

   scsi_mod - base SCSI utilities
   megaraid - PERC/Si
   aic7xxx - onboard SCSI
   sd_mod - SCSI disks
   sr_mod - SCSI CD-ROMS

... hope this helps.

See also http://support.dell.com/us/en/filelib/index.asp (search for
'PERC2 Linux' in the 'by description' box) for Dell's own drivers for
their PERC cards.

           Colm

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