Hello Vlad , I'm sorry to hear that you had problems . The key problem with the driver in most distro's , it appears to be that the driver has been compliled with the in kernel i2o & if the driver is compiled with that it either locks or oop's . From adaptec's linux site they make particular point to NOT compile it against in kernel version of i2o . The way I was able to install was like this . The book that came with the 2010s has a description of doing something very simular to what I am descibing here . But ... Insert a supported scsi card . Install your distro on -one- drive , Make sure the kernel loaded has the dpt_i2o is compiled in AND that is has NOT been compiled with the Kernel version of i2o (ie: do not enable i2o) . Once you have that system booting properly . Back it up . Now that is accomplished replace the scsi card with the 2010s and enter the SMOR ((*)iow just hit Crtl-A at the right time) . Create a raid1 (this is the ONLY functionality that works with this process) , have the raid1 mirror from the selected disk to another that can boot . Verify that the setup is what is wanted . I beleive at this point that the controller mentions that the selections made will not take effect until after a reboot . Do so . Then ee-enter SMOR(*) & have it rebuild the array . After that is accomplished . You should be able to boot into the system . Hth , JimL On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, Vlad Milovanovic wrote: > Hi Nick, > > I had that same card, and it gave me countless problems and headaches. > One thing that I can remember for sure, is that I *never* managed to > get anything to boot of any disk that was connected to the card. I > don't know if I was doing somethingh wrong, but given the amount of > times I have done this sort of thing it is unlikely. > > Also I remember having to pass the IRQ and the I/O of the card to the > module with insmod, but it sounds like you have done that since you > are installing fine. > > Therefore it is my guess that this is not a bootable card. May I > suggest a small IDE disk for the /boot ? > > > > > On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 19:21:06 -0500 Nick DeClario > (nick@guardiandigital.com) wrote: > > >Hi. I have an Adaptec 2010s running on an Intel SE7501WV2 > motherboard. > > I can get both EnGarde Linux and RedHat Linux 8.0 to install > >perfectly but both systems fail on boot. The RedHat system refuses > to > >load the kernel and reports "Isufficient memory" while the EnGarde > >system starts to load the kernel into memory, stops and prints 80. > > > >I have searched for quite some time for information about this card > and > >have been coming up empty handed. I can't even find references to it > in > >the kernel. Adaptec does list the 2010s as compatible with the Intel > >SE7501WV2 motherboard and RedHat 8.0 as well. > > > >Does anyone have any suggestions or can point me to more information? > > > >Thanks, > > -Nick > > > >- > >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" > in > >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > //-------------------------------------- > Vlad Milovanovic > vlad@webmail.co.za > _______________________________________________________________ > http://www.webmail.co.za the South-African free email service > > NetWiseGurus.Com Portal - Your Own Internet Business Today! > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | James W. Laferriere | System Techniques | Give me VMS | | Network Engineer | P.O. Box 854 | Give me Linux | | babydr@baby-dragons.com | Coudersport PA 16915 | only on AXP | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
