Hello Geofrey, Probably u can have a look into adaptec scsi drivers provided in http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/downloads according to ur scsi card. U may get a .img version of driver so that u can use it as a floppy image. While installation of RHEL pass the driver through floppy with "linux dd" boot Hope it helps ! Thanks, Krishnaprasad -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of geofrey rainey Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 4:11 AM To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: RHEL 64 bit installation Hello, I have a 64 bit architecture machine with an MS 9161 mainboard which has an Adaptec 7901x on-board scsi controller. An RHEL5 32-bit installation procedure does not detect the scsi devices so I install onto an internal IDE device. I've tried the following methods to get the kernel to recognise the scsi devices after this install: I download the kernel source file "kernel-2.6.18-8.el5.src.rpm" from redhat - this matches the installed kernel, I then recompile the kernel with the following drivers compiled into the kernel (not LKM's): 1. Adaptec AACRAID 2. Adaptec AIC79xx U320 support (both listed under low-level device drivers). Following the recompile, and reboot into the new kernel, the kernel still cannot see the devices. Interestingly if I do the same thing as above but instead of using a Redhat kernel I use the standard and most recent kernel.org kernel, it works only if the drivers are compiled into the kernel. As LKM's the devices are not recognised after I manually load the modules. However, a 64 bit install of RHEL5 neither recognises the drives during install, nor after a recompile (using the same kernel.org kernel as above) either as LKM's or compiled into the kernel itself. I have checked the contents of the initrd image on disc 1 of the RHEL 5 iso's, and confirmed the image does contain the AIC7xxx drivers for this device, therefore the install should pick up the device I would have thought and recompilation should not actually be necessary. I do not understand why neither the initrd image during install, nor a new Redhat kernel with the drivers compiled into it do not see the device? Regards, Geofrey Rainey. ========================================================== For more information on the Television New Zealand Group, visit us online at tvnz.co.nz ========================================================== CAUTION: This e-mail and any attachment(s) contain information that is intended to be read only by the named recipient(s). This information is not to be used or stored by any other person and/or organisation. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
