On Thu, 6 Jun 2002 09:01:47 -0500 Rebecca.R.Hepper@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > I apologize in advance if this is not the correct forum for my question. > If you think there is a better place, please direct me there. > > I am trying to kickstart a system with RedHat 7.1. This system contains a > Promise Fastrak 100 TX2 ATA RAID Controller. > > >From the Promise website I downloaded a package containing the modules for > RedHat 7.1. I modified the modules.cgz file on my floppy disk to include a > ft.o module. I copied this ft.o modules from the 2.4.2-2BOOT directory > found when ripping apart the modules.cgz file downloaded from Promise. > Using this module I get the following during installation: > > "going to insmod ft.o (path is null) > /tmp/ft.o: unresolved symbol scsi_unregister_module > /tmp/ft.o: unresolved symbol scsi_register > /tmp/ft.o: unresolved symbol scsi_register_module" > Then eventually, "No valid devices found on which to create new > filesystems" > > If I use the ft.o module from the 2.4.2-2 directory I will get the > following message: > > "/tmp/ft.o: kernel-module was compiled for kernel version 2.4.2-2 while > this kernel is version 2.4.2-2BOOT" > > I'm confused!! What the heck is going on? Granted I know nothing about > modules, but here is a stab at the cause of my problem: > My floppy has version 2.4.2-2BOOT of the kernel which needs the version > 2.4.2-2BOOT of ft.o. The final installed system has version 2.4.2-2 of the > kernel which requires the same version of ft.o. Does that sound right? > So, how do I get this ft.o module installed? Sure, you want to? HW RAID functionality is more or less a gimmick, and current kernel support these cards natively as simple IDE controllers. You can have software RAID funct. on top of these devices, which is significantly faster, too, BTW. I wouldn't trust any closed source modules, even if they happen to work by chance. Secondly, I'm pretty sure, you will _want_ to upgrade to a newer kernel release. 2.4.2 is a prehistoric one from kernel point of view... > Thanks. > > Regards, > Rebecca Cheers, Hans-Peter Support incident invoice on request ;-)
