> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Nux! > Sent: den 4 november 2013 14:02 > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [OT] Building a new backup server > > Please check this page, if you have the driver from the manufactured it > shows you how to load it: > https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Installation_Guide/sect-Driver_updates-Use_a_boot_option_to_specify_a_driver_update_disk-ppc.html That doesn't look like the CentOS-installer does it. Anyway, this was what I was trying to accomplish with ctrl-alt-f2 when Anaconda froze on me. > > I've come so far as installing Fedora 19 and having it see all the > > hard-drives, but it refuses to create any partition bigger than > > approx. 16 TB > > with ext4. > > Yes, RedHat puts in this artificial limit. They say they do not support > volumes larger than this and recommend XFS instead, which is what I > recommend as well. What about this 1 GB RAM per TB disk-space for XFS in order to be able to do an fsck? I don't think I can fit that much RAM (40 GB) on this particular motherboard. > Just a thought - I maintain a CentOS destop oriented remix and have an > ISO with the kernel from elrepo.org (kernel-ml): > http://li.nux.ro/download/ISO/Stella6.4_x86_64.1_kernel-ml.iso > It's not tested much but the kernel might be new enough to support the > raid card, if you can install it you could keep using it; "changing it" > it to CentOS is trivial. That's a thought - plan B. Thanks! -- //Sorin
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