Finally, however and after many hours of trying I believe I have found a good fix to run u320raid on a SuSE linux box!
Tucked away on the Adaptec web site is an IBM download for SLES9, which is claims to be "released". What isn't mentioned is that this driver **seems to be** compatible with SuSE Linux 9.1.
You can find an image of the driver update disk here:
http://www.adaptec.com/ibm/downloads/released_serveRAID7e_index.html
Instructions to make the disk are in the adaptec user guide.
If you haven't had experience of driver update disks before (as I hadn't) there is a good article here:
http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2001/12/hmeyer_driver_update.html
Importantly however for SuSE to find the driver you need to rename the directory from i386-SLES3 to i386-9.1 and the subdirectories in the update.tar.gz file to match your kernel version. CAVEAT - this is slightly risky - as it leads to a "tainted" kernel.
With the stock kernel on the 9.1 CD's it appears the driver is compatible although there is a tainted message during boot.
Feedback is welcomed, particular about the advisability of this solution.
Mike Rothon. Certisa Ltd. www.certisa.com
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