Help, AMI MegaRAID 428 seeking enlightenment

From: Red Hat Partisan (getrhd@precision.math.ntu.edu.tw)
Date: Sat Feb 26 2000 - 11:11:27 EST


Hi,

        I am almost tearing my hair out of frustration. If anyone can
shed any light on my situation I would be MUCH appreciative.

Machine: Dual PII/400, 512MB ECC, MicroStar MS-6120N
                AMI MegaRAID 428, 5 SCSI Wide 4GB HDD on 2 channels
                Adaptec AHA3985 3-channel w/ CD-ROM, CD-R, scanner, MO, HDD.
                DE-220 (NE2k clone) ISA 10Mb/s NIC, 3C905 PCI 10/100 Mb/s NIC
                Matrox Millennium 8MB, Logitech Marble Plus trackball PS/2

Problem:
        [1] I was unable to make Linux see more than one Logical Drive. When
            booting up, there is a message making it clear that the driver
            sees two Logical Drives, but only find one of them as /dev/sda.

        [2] I can't install using standard Red Hat 6.1 Graphical Install.
            The install process conks out with a Python error. Text-based
            install will conclude normally, but when installing will only
            see TWO DRIVES.

        [3] When installing, the kernel sees megaraid first; when rebooting
            after install, the kernel sees aic7xxx first, result is a kernel
            panic. This is solvable by disconnecting the aic7xxx first, do
            the install from the megaraid (at least disconnect all HDD-like
            devices), recompile kernel with megaraid compiled in and aic7xxx
            as module, then plugging in the HDD's on the aic7xxx. But there
            surely is a better way!

        [4] Back to 1; I still need to use the other logical drive.

        HELP!! THANKS FOR ANY ASSISTANCE ...

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