On Tue, 2005-03-15 at 12:16 -0500, Chris Mauritz wrote:
> Michael Weisman wrote:
>
> >I am new to CentOS, so please bare with me...
> >
> >Trying to install on a new SuperMicro Dual Xeon with Adaptec 2010S raid SCSI
> >card with 5 x Hitachi 73GB 10K RPM drives.
> >
> >I tell the disk druid to auto partition and get an error that there is no
> >place to install to.
> >
> >I just downloaded the CentOS 4.0 iso's yesterday.
> >
> >Any suggestions?
> >
> >
> >
>
> I could be mistaken, but I don't think that controller is very well
> supported. Adaptec's site shows drivers for RH9 and Suse 8, but it also
> says "*minimally tested*". Probably not the ringing endorsement I'd
> want for a RAID controller on a production box.
Yes, these Adaptec (and several others) are currently not working very
well under Linux in general. This is something I've seen with Adaptec
29160 personally, and heard about with several other Adaptecs.
Right now, I am not certain if anyone kernel level is even examining the
issue with the modules, it certainly doesn't seem anyone in Adaptec is.
The really funny thing is you get a lot of "enterprise linux" (more
general, not RHEL) hardware vendors slapping these controllers in their
products these days.
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