Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 14:14:06 -0500 From: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com> To: terry barnum <terry@dop.com> Cc: aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: aic7xxx question Message-ID: <3A9564FE.B1732F@redhat.com> References: <200102220437.f1M4bmO49615@aslan.scsiguy.com> <l03102801b6bb01a09996@[192.168.0.11]>
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terry barnum wrote: > > I'm trying to add two 73 gig LVD cheetahs to an intel RH6.1 machine that > currently has two 50 gig LVD cheetahs on it. The 50 gig drives are striped > together as RAID-0 and I'd like to add the 73 gig drives as another RAID-0 > pair. Here's what I've tried: > > I downloaded linux-aic7xxx-6.1.2-rh61-modules.cpio.gz from > http://people.freebsd.org/~gibbs/linux/ and copied the resulting aic7xxx.o > file into /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/scsi/. I remade the initrd, ran /sbin/lilo > and then rebooted. > > The following error messages occured (from memory so please pardon any typos): > > SCSI<NULL> > SCSI:0 hosts > SCSI:0 hosts > /lib/aic7xxx: init_module: resource or device busy > > It then complained about the raid /dev/md0, that it must be a nonpersistent > RAID, and that there's a configuration problem with device right. I'm > assuming these errors are because the scsi module was not loaded properly. > > The boot process stopped and I was allowed to enter maintanence mode or reboot. > > After copying the original aic7xxx.o file back, remaking the initrd and > rerunning /sbin/lilo the machine boots fine, but unfortunately this version > of the driver (5.1.20 I believe) goes into an endless host reset when I > have the two 73 gig cheetahs attached. > > Is there a setting somewhere that I'm missing? Is it possible that a > slightly older version than 6.1.2 might work? If so, where can I find it? You can try the 5.1.33 driver on my web site. It very well might solve your problem (there is a modules.cpio.gz file there and also a page of instructions on how to use it). -- Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com> http://people.redhat.com/dledford Please check my web site for aic7xxx updates/answers before e-mailing me about problems To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe aic7xxx" in the body of the message
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