[K12OSN] Woe is me: Onboard SCSI/RAID Controller

[Debbie Schiel]

> Do I have to install another network card into the server to get my eth1?
> 

That's what I did and 'eth1' is now up and my server is on the net.

:o)

> 
> Robert Arkiletian wrote:
> 
>  > Debbie Schiel wrote:
>  >
>  >>>
>  >>> Which version of k12ltsp did you try the dud disk with before 3.1.2?
>  >>>
>  >>
>  >> I tried my original 4.1.0 and then the 4.1.1
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > I just checked Mr. Gibbs site.
>  > http://people.freebsd.org/~gibbs/linux/DUD/aic79xx/
>  > He has DUD disks for the following distros
>  >
>  > rh Redhat
>  > rhel Redhat Enterprise Linux
>  > sl SUSE linux
>  > sles SUSE linux enterprise server
>  > ul United linux (i think)
>  >
>  > I don't see any for Fedora Core so I'm not surprised the DUD did not 
> work.
>  >
>  >>> Did you use the dud disk with 3.1.2?
>  >>>
>  >>
>  >> No I didn't need it with 3.1.2. RH installed the driver all 
> automatically.
>  >>
>  >
>  > I hate to tell you this but the driver that comes with RH9 is old. It 
> may work but I am not using it. I read people had problems with it. I 
> used Mr. Gibbs DUD disk for RH9 i686 with 3.1.2
>  > I just did a search and I think even 4.0.1 (FC1) with kernel 2.4.22 
> should have it too. Check this out
>  >
>  > http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/779
>  >
>  > search for aic79xx
>  > So only 3.1.2 needs the DUD not because it won't work, but because 
> the driver is old. Try this
>  >
>  > cat /proc/scsi/aic79xx/0
>  >
>  > to see what version you are using. If it's before 1.3.8 I think it's 
> too old. This is my guess, not my experience. I am using 1.3.11
>  >
>  >> Yes - problems there - The hardware browser picks up only ONE 
> network card but I know there are two...
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > Hmm. try
>  >
>  > su -
>  > # ifconfig -a
>  >
>  > or
>  >
>  > #lspci -vv
>  >
>  > to tell you about attached devices.  I know they will work with 
> Slackware. type
>  > "man lspci" or "man ifconfig" if you want to know more about them.
>  >
>  >> Thanks Robert. I think it's fantastic that everyone has so much 
> advice and expertize to offer and does so gladly.
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > No problem. This is what FOSS is all about.
>  >
>  >
>  > Robert Arkiletian
>  >
>  >
> 

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