Alon Weinstein wrote:
Although this is a Redhat moederated list, since you already mentioned other
distributions -- I've heard the Slackware installs easily on Promise
controllers - during the installation you can select a Kernel from a list of
available ones, and one of the kernels is compiled to support such RAID
controllers.
Give it a try.
(BTW -- I did manage to install RH7.3 on a Fasttrack TX100, though it was on
an empty machine, no dual-boot, and it did took some time and trial&error)
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Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2003 2:11 AM
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Subject: Promise Fasttrack 133
After trying RedHat 7.2 and 7.3 without success, I'm now trying to install
Suse 8.2 on a Fasttrack Promise 133 Raid1 array. The system boot on the
array, where there is already Win2k installed.
Try RH 9 it works with every promise controller I've tried it with.
It will not do ataraid from the installer, but I not sure any distro does.
I first tried to install Linux on another partition of the same array and,
more recently, I have tried on a different hard disk under a normal IDE
controller. In both cases I obtained the same answer, as follow.
I'm using the instruction contained on Suse website at the page:
http://sdb.suse.de/sdb/en/html/tsaupe_promise_8.2.html
Following these instructions all is ok until, after installation, I try to
boot the installed system from Installation CD: the root partition is not
detected and the system on it is not started (all freeze, except a
lightening cursor).
If I try to boot from Grub, installed on the MBR of the array, Win2k starts
correctly while Linux stops in a Kernel panic.
What is the panic message?
What to do to boot linux? Besides, on Suse normal installation there is no
more the chance to create a boot floppy.
--
Once you have their hardware. Never give it back.
(The First Rule of Hardware Acquisition)
Sam Flory <sflory@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
