Adaptec 29160 with a RHEL 3

James Marcinek jmarc1 at jemconsult.biz
Mon Jan 16 13:13:40 UTC 2006


General Red Hat Linux discussion list <redhat-list at redhat.com> wrote: 
> Margaret,
> 
> There should be a readme file included with the driver. /*Off the bat,
> I suggest you untar it, cd to the folder and run make and make
> install. If i know Adaptec, there should be an info message once the
> make install is done. At that point you can try loading the new
> modules using modprobe and after that running kudzu to see if it picks
> up on the hardware. If it doesnt, I think you can change modules.conf
> and associate the scsi host adapater with the new module name, that
> should load the bugger on boot.. */
> 
> Please note that tinkering with that kind of stuff may hose the system
> to the point where it would require rescuing, [happened to me last
> Friday] so I would'nt do any of the above remotely and of course not
> on a production system.
> 
> Regards,
> Greg
> 
> 
> On 1/14/06, Margaret_Doll <Margaret_Doll at brown.edu> wrote:
> > I have just upgraded a server from an old Dell to a Dell Optiplex GX
> > 620 which has a SATA drive.  I have added an adaptec 29160 scsi pci
> > card to the system.  I am running RHEL Update 6 so that the system
> > could see the drives.
> >
> > Adaptec has not written a driver for RHEL Update 6.  I looked on their
> > pages; I called Adaptec for confirmation.
> >
> > I have downloaded the aic7Yxx-2.0.15-6.3.11-linux-2.4.tgz  which is the
> > source for the driver.  How do I build the driver and add it to the
> > system.
> >
> > I understand that I can add the driver module to /etc/modules.conf once
> > it is built; I don't have to rebuild the kernel.
> >
> > I did see the following mail on the redhat mailing list that indicates
> > that my attempts may be futile.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > *****************
> > To: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list" <redhat-list redh
> > at com>
> > Subject: RE: Need drivers for sata hard drive
> > Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 17:50:07 -0400
> >
> > As far I know you CAN NOT mix SATA and SCSI disks.   Must be
> > IDE and SATA or SCSI only.
> >
> > I tried it to see what happens and it totally messes up drive
> >   tables.
> >
> > SATA uses SCSI emulation system.  SATA drive shows up as /dev
> > /sda1 (for example).
> >
> > Don't know if the problem is unique to RHEL 3 or all Linux.
> >
> > Marcelino
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You could take the tarball and turn it into an rpm. That would make it easier to
recover. Someone may have already done it if your lucky. 

-- 
James Marcinek





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