<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>You need update 5 as a minimum, and then after the OS is installed ... you need to upgrade the raid driver with the one from IBM latest ServeRaid CD. Otherwise you box will be extremely unstable :-)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left>-----Original Message----- From: Charles Brown [mailto:Charles.Brown@Ticketmaster.com] Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 2:49 PM To: rhn-users@redhat.com Subject: [rhn-users] aacraid driver </DIV> I have been attempting to install an IBM x366 with Redhat AS3 Update 4 (x86_64) with little to no luck. The Broadcom card is not recognized, nor the is Adapatec SAS raid card (BIOS v5.0.0)/IBM ServerRAID 8i controller. I was finally able to get it to install by using the install images of Update 4.1 (which recognizes both the RAID controller and network card) over pxe/http, and rebuilding the installer hdlist files to point to a AS3 update 4 distro. The logical step to take would be to use the working AS4 update 1 installation. However, Oracle has not certified AS 4 and will only provide support for AS3 at this time. AS3 update 5 also does not recognize the broadcom or Adapatec raid controller. Using the AS4.1 boot/install, partitioning the disks with the gui utility and installing packages, the machine boots and the aacraid driver fails. The host panics because it cannot find a root partition: Loading sd_mod.o module attempt to access beyond end of device 01:00: rw=0, want=7235939, limit 8192 01:00: rw=0, want 7235939, limit 8192 Loading aacraid.o module RedHat/Adaptec aacraid driver (1.1.5[2386]) /lib/aacraid.o: init_module: No such device Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO and IRQ parameters Error: /bin/insmod exited abnormally Loading jdb.o module Loading ext3.o module VFS: cannot open root device "VolGrp00/LogVol00" or 00:00 Please append a correct "root= " boot option Kernel panic Booting from the AS 4.1 rescue CD I am able to chroot to the /mnt/sysimage and play with the distro. I ran the up2date utility and downloaded the most recent kernel and package upgrades with the same results. The IBM support CD contains "updated" aacraid and broadcom drivers. The broadcom bcm5700 drivers install correctly, but the aacraid drivers fail with the above results. Has anyone had a similar experience Charles Brown Systems Administrator Ticketmaster / Client Systems </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>