Re: kernel headers package
mandag 14 februar 2005, 13:03, skrev Gavin McCullagh:
> On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Ragnar Wisløff wrote:
> > I am afraid I don't. I have seen exactly the same result on an IBM 226,
> > which is a similar machine just down-market. So it would be interesting
> > to know if there are any simple solutions.
>
> As it stands I intend to install kernel-headers and compile the proprietary
> driver (time is short right now so I haven't been in front of the machine
> in a week or two). I'd rather not go this way but it seems the simplest
> approach right now.
>
> Another tempting option I can see is to buy a different network card (a
> dual interface gigabit one) which is supported by a free linux driver and
> plug that in on the pci slot. This clearly has lots of advantages when it
> comes to kernel upgrades. Does anyone know of such a card that they could
> recommend?
There are several. Just make sure you have 64 bit PCI slots (you should with
brand new hardware), since most of the multi-NIC cards have that. Otherwsie
be very particular about your spec when ordering. (I've been burnt :/)
>
> I've looked around for a description of the tg3 driver (with eg a supported
> card list) but am having some difficulty finding one. There's lots of
> discussion of the tg3 vs broadcom drivers with various motherboards and
> cards but I can't find anything with much with an xseries involved. I'm
> wondering if perhaps it just doesn't support it (yet?).
I think it is a shame that IBM releases a mainstream Intel server with
hardware that is not supported by the standard kernel, if that is what they
have done. So much for the dinner speeches about Linux support in that case.
>
> > Be aware that if you do not use a RAID controller in these machines, the
> > hostraid solution on the Adaptec card renders the discs useless too.
>
> I'm not sure I understand you here. We just configured the on-board
> hardware RAID controller with the cdrom provided and moved on. Do you mean
> we'll run into problems if I try not to use RAID and just have two disks?
If you have not installed a separate RAID card (serveraid 6i is what I see
mostly in new IBM servers), then the Adaptec card on the motherboard will
allow you to do RAID 1 with something they call hostraid. This hostraid
thing does not work. When installing the installer says it cannot find any
disks to partition. If you got your disks partitioned, you should be fine.
If you managed to get hostraid working I'm very keen to understand how you
went about it.
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Ragnar Wisløff
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