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Contribs.org Forums => General Discussion => Topic started by: tviles on November 08, 2008, 01:41:17 PM
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What will happen on SME 7.3 if I install a Promise Sata300 TX controller using the Red Hat driver in PCI slot hooked up to new 1TB sata drive and issue these commands?
1.) Boot linux system and login as root.
2.) Insert SATAII 150/300 Driver Disk for install driver by issuing commands:
# mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
# cd /mnt/floppy
# sh install (Answer Yes/No when inquire setup configuration)
You can answer Yes to load SATAII 150 driver when linux booting
everytime.
# cd ..
# umount /dev/fd0
Will SME work and can I then add it into my SME software raid array?
Thanks, Tracy
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What will happen on SME 7.3 if I install a Promise Sata300 TX controller using the Red Hat driver in PCI slot hooked up to new 1TB sata drive and issue these commands?
please define Red Hat
BTW, AFAIK that card works out of the box
02:09.0 Mass storage controller: Promise Technology, Inc. PDC20318 (SATA150 TX4) (rev 02)
Subsystem: Promise Technology, Inc. PDC20318 (SATA150 TX4)
Flags: 66Mhz, medium devsel, IRQ 225
I/O ports at df00 [size=64]
I/O ports at dfa0 [size=16]
I/O ports at dc00 [size=128]
Memory at fe6ff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Memory at fe6c0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
Expansion ROM at fe6e0000 [disabled] [size=16K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
[root@server ~]# modprobe sata_promise
[root@server ~]# lsmod | sort
ac 8901 0
ata_piix 19013 4
atm 42261 1 bridge
battery 12997 0
bonding 68200 0
bridge 48729 0
button 10705 0
dm_mirror 31301 0
dm_mod 66665 8 dm_snapshot,dm_zero,dm_mirror
dm_snapshot 21221 0
dm_zero 6337 0
ehci_hcd 32325 0
ext3 119497 2
floppy 58193 0
hw_random 9685 0
jbd 59865 1 ext3
libata 105757 2 sata_promise,ata_piix
Module Size Used by
raid1 19777 2
sata_promise 16837 0
scsi_mod 120269 2 libata,sd_mod
sd_mod 20545 6
sk98lin 144553 1
tun 13249 1
uhci_hcd 33241 0
HTH
ciao
Stefano
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please define Red Hat
Well when I go to the www.promise.com website they have linux drivers for this card for Red Hat and Suse. So I downloaded the driver for Red Hat but have not done any install attempts yet.
BTW, AFAIK that card works out of the box
What is AFAIK? I did shut down server and install card and sata hard drive in. I see the promise card bios show up for a second when powering server back on.
Tell me more I'm anxious to make it happen.
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This is a Dell Poweredge 2500 with 6 scsi drives running SME raid 5 with spare.
Oh I googled afaik as far as I know. Got it.
Tell me more. I can drive over there today and do more.
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Are you telling me to issue this command at the root login?
modprobe sata_promise
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OK Now what?
[root@shpdserver ~]# modprobe sata_promise
[root@shpdserver ~]# lsmod | sort
ac 8901 0
aic7xxx 146425 10
appletalk 38996 24
battery 12997 0
bonding 68200 0
button 10705 0
crc_ccitt 6209 1 ppp_async
dm_mirror 31301 0
dm_mod 66665 8 dm_snapshot,dm_zero,dm_mirror
dm_snapshot 21221 0
dm_zero 6337 0
e1000 122705 0
e100 36677 0
ext3 119497 2
floppy 58193 0
ip_conntrack 46085 5 ipt_MASQUERADE,ipt_state,ip_nat_ftp,ip_conntrack_ftp,iptable_nat
ip_conntrack_ftp 76529 1 ip_nat_ftp
ip_nat_ftp 9009 0
iptable_filter 6977 1
iptable_mangle 6849 0
iptable_nat 27613 3 ipt_MASQUERADE,ip_nat_ftp
ip_tables 22721 7 ipt_ULOG,ipt_REJECT,ipt_MASQUERADE,ipt_state,iptable_mangle,iptable_nat,iptable_filter
ipt_MASQUERADE 8001 1
ipt_REJECT 10689 1
ipt_state 5953 1
ipt_ULOG 11845 1
jbd 59865 1 ext3
joydev 14465 0
libata 106141 1 sata_promise
loop 20681 0
mii 9281 1 e100
Module Size Used by
ohci_hcd 24273 0
ppp_async 16193 1
ppp_generic 33172 6 ppp_mppe,ppp_async
ppp_mppe 18304 2
raid1 19777 1
raid5 25409 1
sata_promise 16837 0
scsi_mod 120269 4 libata,sg,aic7xxx,sd_mod
sd_mod 20545 15
sg 38369 0
slhc 11329 1 ppp_generic
smbfs 63417 0
xor 17608 1 raid5
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I got it! We now have the same Ibay as the old Ibayname we just have 1tb more space to work with. No raid but it is backed up nightly.
I now understand out of the box. Thanks your post got me thinking in the right direction.