The Linux version just works whereas the NT Driver can send off traps,
has an awesome GUI, can rebuild the drive, etc.
Compaq just needs to agree that Linux is the way and start to put their
money into it.
Kevin
Shawn Leas wrote:
>
> No, just use Compaq's SmartStart floppy. I believe you can download it, or,
> you should have got a cd when you got the card.
>
> -Shawn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrej Todosic [mailto:atodosic@ubisoft.qc.ca]
> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 7:45 PM
> To: atodosic@ubisoft.qc.ca; linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: RE: compaq raid smart 2 xx array
>
> aaaahhhh,
>
> i forgot ,
>
> there is also the array configuration utility !
>
> i had to boot off another drive to NT to configure the array. kewl huh ?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> [mailto:owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu]On Behalf Of Andrej Todosic
> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 8:41 PM
> To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: compaq raid smart 2 xx array
>
> hello ,
>
> so i decided to install linux on one of these beasts.
>
> Anyways , redhat installs fine ( debian doesnt have a booting floppy for
> 2.2.12 that has raid support built in, and i am not about to make one
> myself). So after looking into it i have some questions:
>
> 1. why is the array a block device rather than a scsi controller ? other
> arrays are under scsi
>
> 2. Is there a userspace utility that allows the raid array to notify
> through syslog ) of any failures restores etc etc. I yanked out a 9 gig
> drive out of a mirror set tofay and it continued working, but nowhere could
> i find a sign of the drive being dead. On top of that i also hoped for the
> drive to restore on its own when i plugged it back in. In turn i had to
> reboot and choose f1 or f2 at the raid bios test phase ( f1 was recover the
> drive , f2 was leave it as is and boot up) . Under windows NT the driver
> dumps all alarms in event viewer so you can actually see whats going on. I
> am sure this is not a big thing to do, especially considering how powerfull
> this array is and could be when used under linux. every single scsi driver i
> ever used dumps the smallest scsi error to syslog.
>
> i hope that the talking between the array and the driver can be improved in
> 2.3/4 or is it already done ?
>
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