Thanks for the info on the Major/Minor device numbers. I am going to try the 2.4.9-ac7 patch with the additional devices. Alan -----Original Message----- From: ataraid-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ataraid-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of ataraid-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 10:01 AM To: ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Ataraid-list digest, Vol 1 #30 - 7 msgs Send submissions to ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to ataraid-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx You can reach the person managing the list at ataraid-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Ataraid-list digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Highpoint Linux (Cornee Karels) 2. Re: Highpoint Linux (Helge Lenz) 3. Highpoint Linux extra (Cornee Karels) 4. Question regarding the /dev/ataraid/ devices (Alan Miles) 5. Re: Question regarding the /dev/ataraid/ devices (Arjan van de Ven) 6. Problem with Promise Fasttrak100 TX4 (Jean-Francois SIMON) 7. Re: Problem with Promise Fasttrak100 TX4 (Arjan van de Ven) --__--__-- Message: 1 From: "Cornee Karels" <cornee@xxxxxxxxx> To: <ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Highpoint Linux Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 21:40:45 +0200 Reply-To: ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx To all Highpoint Linux users : I hope anybody can help to install Linux on my Highpoint 370A controller. I'm trying this for over a month and I'm really hopeless. First here are my system specifications I order to find the cause : Amd 1200 FSB 266. Epox 8k7a+ including Highpoint 370A onboard RAID. 512 Hyundai DDR. 2 X 40 GB IBM 40GPX deskstar 7200RPM Software : Redhat 7.1 370 drivers from highpoint-tech.com on disk HPT370 UDMA/ATA100 RAID Controller Redhat Linux Installation Guide. Connected physically the disks on primary and secondaire controller. In the Highpoint BIOS I made a RAID 0 stripe array (64). First did an format (/s/u). Booting RH from cd. did expert text option. Loading 370 drivers from disk. Selected custom install and specified everyting to install. This procudure I've tried for over 10 times, first there was an Installation Error (attachement). Unclear to me. A couple of times everything seems to be OK. and Installation completed appears. Followed by the instructions of the Raid Controller Redhat Guide I had to replace the installed kernel with a new kernel. Alt F2. # chroot /mnt/sysimage # mount /mnt/floppy # sh /mnt/floppy/370postinstall # umount /mnt/floppy This was no problem, so return to the setup screen to press enter to finish the setup. Well I waited 15 minutes but there was no autmatically reboot. (maybe this is correct?). After a manual reboot, Lilo loaded correcly. but then this error is given : Partition check: sda: VFS : Cannot open root device "801" or 08:01 Please append a correct "root =" boot option Kernel panic : VFS : Unable to mount root fs on 08:01 Well, I hope somebody would like to tell me how to install linux in combination with the highpoint chipset. Thanks, Cornee Karels --__--__-- Message: 2 Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2001 21:46:22 +0200 From: Helge Lenz <h.lenz@xxxxxx> To: ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Highpoint Linux Reply-To: ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx Cornee Karels wrote: >To all Highpoint Linux users : > >I hope anybody can help to install Linux on my Highpoint 370A controller. >I'm trying this for over a month and I'm really hopeless. First here are my >system specifications I order to find the cause : > >Amd 1200 FSB 266. >Epox 8k7a+ including Highpoint 370A onboard RAID. >512 Hyundai DDR. >2 X 40 GB IBM 40GPX deskstar 7200RPM > >Software : > >Redhat 7.1 >370 drivers from highpoint-tech.com on disk >HPT370 UDMA/ATA100 RAID Controller Redhat Linux Installation Guide. > >Connected physically the disks on primary and secondaire controller. In the >Highpoint BIOS I made a RAID 0 stripe array (64). First did an format >(/s/u). Booting RH from cd. did expert text option. Loading 370 drivers from >disk. Selected custom install and specified everyting to install. > >This procudure I've tried for over 10 times, first there was an Installation >Error (attachement). Unclear to me. >A couple of times everything seems to be OK. and Installation completed >appears. >Followed by the instructions of the Raid Controller Redhat Guide I had to >replace the installed kernel with a new kernel. >Alt F2. > ># chroot /mnt/sysimage ># mount /mnt/floppy ># sh /mnt/floppy/370postinstall ># umount /mnt/floppy > >This was no problem, so return to the setup screen to press enter to finish >the setup. >Well I waited 15 minutes but there was no autmatically reboot. (maybe this >is correct?). > >After a manual reboot, Lilo loaded correcly. >but then this error is given : > >Partition check: >sda: >VFS : Cannot open root device "801" or 08:01 >Please append a correct "root =" boot option >Kernel panic : VFS : Unable to mount root fs on 08:01 > > >Well, I hope somebody would like to tell me how to install linux in >combination with the highpoint chipset. > >Thanks, >Cornee Karels > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list > > Hi, you probably use the closed-source Highpoint driver and this mailing list is about the open-source ataraid driver. You probably have to ask the Highpoint support. Greetings Helge Lenz. --__--__-- Message: 3 From: "Cornee Karels" <cornee@xxxxxxxxx> To: <ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Highpoint Linux extra Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 21:47:22 +0200 Reply-To: ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx I did not included an attachement in my first posting because of virussen and trojans...etc . And for all you guys who doesn't like to open .txt files :-) Here is the installation bug : Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 520, in ? intf.run(todo, test = test) File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.1//usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 1126, in run rc = apply (step[1](), args) File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.1//usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 551, in __call__ if todo.doInstall (): File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.1//usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py", line 2081, in doInstall self.hdList, self.upgrade, langlist) File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.1//usr/lib/anaconda/lilo.py", line 295, in install maxcyl = fstab.getBootPartitionMaxCylFromDrive() File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.1//usr/lib/anaconda/fstab.py", line 202, in getBootPartitionMaxCylFromDrive maxcyl = (sector+size) / string.atoi(bootgeom[2]) OverflowError: integer addition Local variables in innermost frame: size: 1931502952 maxcyl: 0 type: -1 self: <fstab.NewtFstab instance at 8252298> bootgeom: ('10011', '255', '63') table: <parttable object at a03ab88> i: 0 bootpart: sda1 part: sda1 boothd: sda sector: 1411392266 ToDo object: (itodo ToDo p1 (dp2 S'resState' p3 S'' sS'progressWindow' p4 (itext ProgressWindow (dp5 S'scale' p6 NsS'screen' p7 (isnack SnackScreen p8 (dp9 S'height' p10 I25 sS'width' p11 I80 sS'helpCb' p12 <failed> --__--__-- Message: 4 From: "Alan Miles" <alan.miles1@xxxxxxxx> To: <ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Question regarding the /dev/ataraid/ devices Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 17:02:14 -0600 Reply-To: ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx This is related to my: "Re: Problems with the Promise Fastrak100 and 2.4.8-ac7 (Alan Miles) (Alan Miles)" entries to this forum (although I am now using 2.4.9-ac5 - however my problems are the same). My Promise Fast Trak100 Raid controller has two id's on boot: 1/ Two identical drives on one unit Raid 0 -Striped 2/ Separate drive on the other id Raid 0 -Striped Now the pdcraid MAKEDEV script makes the devices for /dev/ataraid/d0, /dev/ataraid/d0p[0-1]([0-9])* These have a major number of 114. I would assume I need /dev/ataraid/d1, /dev/ataraid/d1p[0-1]([0-9])* devices, but I don't know what Major Numbers to use. Alan Miles Programmer/Analyst -----Original Message----- From: ataraid-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ataraid-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of ataraid-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 10:01 AM To: ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Ataraid-list digest, Vol 1 #29 - 4 msgs Send submissions to ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to ataraid-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx You can reach the person managing the list at ataraid-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Ataraid-list digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Installed redhat 7.1 with promise driver disk (Werner Paukert) 2. Re: Installed redhat 7.1 with promise driver disk (Arjan van de Ven) 3. is this compile correct? (Mike Tharp) 4. Re: is this compile correct? (Arjan van de Ven) -- __--__-- Message: 1 From: Werner Paukert <werner@xxxxxxxxxx> To: ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Installed redhat 7.1 with promise driver disk Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 00:16:50 -0200 Reply-To: ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx Hello Arjan, The people of RedHat take a good Work by the driver Version 1.20b5. My only problem is that my Athlon is not installed correctly during normal Installation. My Board is an Epox-8KTA+ with the KT133 Chipset and an Athlon 800 Thunderbord. The Mtrr localisate the Athlon CPU as an Intel type here my messages.log ================ Sep 2 22:36:48 localhost kernel: CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) processor stepping 02 Sep 2 22:36:48 localhost kernel: Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done. Sep 2 22:36:48 localhost kernel: Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK. Sep 2 22:36:48 localhost kernel: POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX Sep 2 22:36:48 localhost kernel: mtrr: v1.37 (20001109) Richard Gooch (rgooch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Sep 2 22:36:48 localhost kernel: mtrr: detected mtrr type: Intel Sep 2 22:36:48 localhost kernel: PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfb3f0, last bus=1 Sep 2 22:36:48 localhost kernel: PCI: Using configuration type 1 Sep 2 22:36:48 localhost kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware Sep 2 22:36:48 localhost kernel: Unknown bridge resource 0: assuming transparent Sep 2 22:36:48 localhost kernel: PCI: Using IRQ router VIA [1106/0686] at 00:07.0 Sep 2 22:36:48 localhost kernel: isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards... Sep 2 22:36:48 localhost kernel: isapnp: No Plug & Play device found Sep 2 22:36:48 localhost kernel: Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4 Sep 2 22:36:48 localhost kernel: Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039 Sep 2 22:36:48 localhost kernel: Initializing RT netlink socket Sep 2 22:36:48 localhost kernel: apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x07 (Driver version 1.14) Sep 2 22:36:48 localhost kernel: Starting kswapd v1.8 Sep 2 22:36:48 localhost kernel: vesafb: framebuffer at 0xd0000000, mapped to 0xd0800000, size 32768k Sep 2 22:36:48 localhost kernel: vesafb: mode is 800x600x8, linelength=800, pages=7 Sep 2 22:36:48 localhost kernel: vesafb: protected mode interface info at c000:0eb9 Sep 2 22:36:48 localhost kernel: vesafb: scrolling: redraw Sep 2 22:36:48 localhost kernel: Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 100x37 Sep 2 22:36:48 localhost kernel: fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device Sep 2 22:36:48 localhost kernel: pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured Sep 2 22:36:48 localhost kernel: block: queued sectors max/low 169210kB/56403kB, 512 slots per queue Sep 2 22:36:48 localhost kernel: RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 4096K size 1024 blocksize Sep 2 22:36:48 localhost kernel: Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 6.31 Sep 2 22:36:48 localhost kernel: ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx Sep 2 22:36:48 localhost kernel: VP_IDE: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39 Sep 2 22:36:48 localhost kernel: VP_IDE: chipset revision 16 Sep 2 22:36:48 localhost kernel: VP_IDE: not 100%% native mode: will probe irqs later my cat /proc/mtrr reg00: base=0x00000000 ( 0MB), size=16711936MB: write-back, count=1 reg05: base=0xd8000000 (3456MB), size=16711744MB: write-combining, count=1 give the above results. My problem is to installing the agpgart for my Geforce 2 MX. I am a newby in linux and tried to compile the Alan Cox Kernel 2.4.6-ac with the patches as a second Kernel on my System. All goes well during Installation of the Kernel and the script for the dev/ataraid devices. Now I have problems with your Makefile. I don´t now in which directory I have to install your driver to run the Makefile for my new Kernel. The Makefile look always to my old kernelversion and not to the new one. I have packed the old Linux-2.4.2-2 Kernel in an Archiv, it is enough? I have now two directories in lib/modules. What do I wrong? [root@localhost ataraid]# make cc -g -I/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include -O2 -march=i686 -fomit-frame-point er -Wall -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -Wno-unused -include /lib/modules/ `uname -r`/build/include/linux/modversions.h -c -o ataraid.o ataraid.c In file included from ataraid.c:29: /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/build/include/linux/swap.h:104: parse error before `*' make: *** [ataraid.o] Fehler 1 I tried the new driver from Promise, but with the new driver 1.09 a installation of Redhat isn´t possible. I look for new drivers on the promise site and found this: [08-31-01] The RedHat drivers have been temporarily removed. Please check back in a few days. They have have found theire failure, I think. Excuse me for my bad english Best Regards from Germany Werner Paukert http://www.paukert.de (Koi`s and my pond) -- __--__-- Message: 2 Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 18:19:35 -0400 From: Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@xxxxxxxxxx> To: ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Installed redhat 7.1 with promise driver disk Reply-To: ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 12:16:50AM -0200, Werner Paukert wrote: > Hello Arjan, > > The people of RedHat take a good Work by the driver Version 1.20b5. Red Hat has noth to do with the Promise propriatry driver. In fact, once you load that into your kernel, we KNOW things will go funny in your system..... Also, there was a minor issue with mtrr's in the original Red Hat Linux 7.1 kernel, that has been fixed in the 2.4.3-12 errata kernel Red Hat releases several months ago. But you can't use that because Promise doesn't support that kernel with their driver :( -- __--__-- Message: 3 From: "Mike Tharp" <chexmeex@xxxxxxxx> To: <ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: is this compile correct? Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 01:56:52 -0500 Reply-To: ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx Does anyone know what the warning means (pdcraid.c:95:) I am in some unfamiliar territory here. cc -g -I/lib/modules/2.4.8/build/include -O2 -march=i586 -fomit-frame-pointe r -Wall -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -Wno-unused -include /lib/modules/2.4.8/build/include/linux/modversions.h -c -o pdcraid.o pdcraid.c pdcraid.c: In function `pdcraid_ioctl': pdcraid.c:95: warning: int format, long int arg (arg 2) cc -g -I/lib/modules/2.4.8/build/include -O2 -march=i586 -fomit-frame-pointe r -Wall -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -Wno-unused -include /lib/modules/2.4.8/build/include/linux/modversions.h -c -o ataraid.o ataraid.c cc -g -I/lib/modules/2.4.8/build/include -O2 -march=i586 -fomit-frame-pointe r -Wall -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -Wno-unused -include /lib/modules/2.4.8/build/include/linux/modversions.h -c -o hptraid.o hptraid.c -Mike Tharp chexmeexNO@xxxxxxxxxxxx -- __--__-- Message: 4 Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 07:39:09 -0400 From: Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@xxxxxxxxxx> To: ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: is this compile correct? Reply-To: ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 01:56:52AM -0500, Mike Tharp wrote: > Does anyone know what the warning means (pdcraid.c:95:) I am in some > unfamiliar territory here. > > > cc -g -I/lib/modules/2.4.8/build/include -O2 -march=i586 -fomit-frame-pointe > r -Wall -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -Wno-unused -include > /lib/modules/2.4.8/build/include/linux/modversions.h -c -o pdcraid.o > pdcraid.c > pdcraid.c: In function `pdcraid_ioctl': > > pdcraid.c:95: warning: int format, long int arg (arg 2) > > cc -g -I/lib/modules/2.4.8/build/include -O2 -march=i586 -fomit-frame-pointe > r -Wall -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -Wno-unused -include > /lib/modules/2.4.8/build/include/linux/modversions.h -c -o ataraid.o > ataraid.c > cc -g -I/lib/modules/2.4.8/build/include -O2 -march=i586 -fomit-frame-pointe > r -Wall -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -Wno-unused -include > /lib/modules/2.4.8/build/include/linux/modversions.h -c -o hptraid.o > hptraid.c Looks fine; the warning is harmless -- __--__-- _______________________________________________ Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list End of Ataraid-list Digest --__--__-- Message: 5 Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 05:02:33 -0400 From: Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@xxxxxxxxxx> To: ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Question regarding the /dev/ataraid/ devices Reply-To: ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 05:02:14PM -0600, Alan Miles wrote: > This is related to my: "Re: Problems with the Promise Fastrak100 and > 2.4.8-ac7 (Alan Miles) (Alan Miles)" entries to this forum (although I am > now using 2.4.9-ac5 - however my problems are the same). > > My Promise Fast Trak100 Raid controller has two id's on boot: > > 1/ Two identical drives on one unit Raid 0 -Striped > 2/ Separate drive on the other id Raid 0 -Striped > > Now the pdcraid MAKEDEV script makes the devices for /dev/ataraid/d0, > /dev/ataraid/d0p[0-1]([0-9])* > > These have a major number of 114. > > I would assume I need /dev/ataraid/d1, /dev/ataraid/d1p[0-1]([0-9])* > devices, but I don't know what Major Numbers to use. Major 114, minor 16 to 31 --__--__-- Message: 6 To: ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Problem with Promise Fasttrak100 TX4 Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 11:51:50 +0200 (CEST) From: Jean-Francois SIMON <elcuob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx Hello! I use linux RedHat 7.1 with kernel 2.4.2-2 I installed a new server with a Promise FastTrak100 TX4 (v2.00.0 build 11), configured with: 4 HDD IBM 41Gb CHS:16383/16/83 configured for stripping + mirroring When I boot from the rescue mode of the RH7.1 CdRom and then insert the module ft.o from Promise, there is no problem: I can access the disks as /dev/sda (that's the normal behaviour). But, when I boot from the device itself, it hangs because the kernel can't mount the root device /dev/sda3. Here is an excerpt from what prints out when I boot: ... Loading ft module Promise FastTrak Series Linux Driver v1.20 (build 9) scsi0 : FASTTRAK scsi1 : FASTTRAK Vendor: Promise Model: 2X2 Mirror/RAID1 Rev: 1.10 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 VFS: Cannot open root device "803" or 08:03 Please append a correct "root" boot option Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:03 and then: nothing :) Here is the partition table of /dev/sda Disk /dev/sda: 64 heads, 32 sectors, 78201 cylinders Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Type Mount Point /dev/sda1 1 1025 1049584 Linux swap <swap> /dev/sda2 1026 1076 52224 Linux /boot /dev/sda3 1077 4149 3146752 Linux / ... As you see, my root device is /dev/sda3, aka 803. I use lilo (on the mbr). Why does it hang? Any help would be appreciated... Thank you, Jean-Francois SIMON C.S. University of MONS-HAINAUT (.be) IT-OPTICS --__--__-- Message: 7 Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 07:58:14 -0400 From: Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@xxxxxxxxxx> To: ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Problem with Promise Fasttrak100 TX4 Reply-To: ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 11:51:50AM +0200, Jean-Francois SIMON wrote: > ft.o from Promise, there is no problem: you're lucky then.... ft.o is a problem in many other cases and also offtopic for this list... as it's propriatry and binary only, Promise is your best hope for help. --__--__-- _______________________________________________ Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list End of Ataraid-list Digest
