> Hello, > > I have a greater problem with the 2.4.13 and the ataraid! > But first my configuration: > 2x4GB HDs mirrored > partition1 is my root > partition4 is my swap > On an Asus P3BF, with a ATAPI CDROM at the intel BX IDE port. > > I want to upgrade the kernel 2.2.18 to a 2.4.13. For the 2.2.18, I got a > Promise module, which created a scsi device sda1 of my mirror. Now I want > to > move to 2.4.13. I could not find a suitable Promise module for the > kernelversion, therefor I tried to use the ataraid. > Now my questions: > 1. Had anyone tried to use the Promise modules with the kernel 2.4.13? > > 2. I couldn´t get the kernel up, if I used all the options mentioned in > http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/pdcraid/ataraidhowto.html. > If I set up this options: > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202X - PROMISE PDC202{46|62|65|67|68} support > CONFIG_PDC202XX_FORCE - Special FastTrak Feature > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID - Support for IDE Raid controllers > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID_PDC - Support Promise software RAID (Fasttrak(tm)) > The kernel hangs (without a kernel panic) directly after recognizing the > ide1, ide2 and ide3. But if I try to set it up only with: > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID - Support for IDE Raid controllers > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID_PDC - Support Promise software RAID (Fasttrak(tm)) > The kernel will come up and my / resides on /dev/ataraid/d0p1. > > Is the howto outdated or have I a problem with my configuration? What are > the options I should use? > > 3. I use GRUB as the bootloader, and I can only start my kernel if I tell > grub, that my rootfs is on /dev/hde1 or /dev/hdg1. After the kernel came > up, > I got a / fs on ataraid/d0p1, but my data was only written on one disk. > The > mirroring wasn´t active! > I´m sure this point is not a issue of this mailinglist, but maybe someone > had a similar problem. > > Hope you can help! > Best regards, > Darko > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list > Hi, I use 2.4.12-ac5 and it works fine with the Highpoint and the Promise hardware. When you have only the Promise controller and start the grub boot shell, you should only see (hd0,*). I think you have to reinstall your system with the new driver, because you wrote your data with the old closed source driver. When I tried the same, I could see the partitions but I couldn't see the data on it. Greetings Helge. -- GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.net
