Re: [gentoo-server] IBM x305 Hardware RAID

[Matt Hallmark]

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Usually the advice given relates to making an initrd if u compile the
driver as a module.  Otherwise the kernel won't be able to mount / to
get to the module.  I usually just compile the driver into the kernel. :)

Matt Hallmark

Jose Gonzalez Gomez wrote:
|
|    I'm about to install Gentoo on a system with an Adaptec3210S with a
| RAID5 (3 disks) + 1 hot spare. I just have made the partitions and
| copied the stage 3 to the disk with no problem so far. Anyway I have
| seen some threads in the Gentoo forums about problems related to GRUB
| and hardware RAID. Have you ever faced this?
|
|    Regards,
|    Jose
|
| Devraj Mukherjee wrote:
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|> Hello fellow Gentoo administrators,
|>
|> I have been assigned to get Gentoo running on an IBM x305 which has two
|> SCSI drives and a hardware RAID adapter from IBM. Is there anyone out
|> there who has dealt with a setup similar to this and if you know of any
|> problems that one might come across.
|>
|> I am a bit concerned about the compatiblity of the hardware RAID adapter
|> with Gentoo.
|>
|> Any feeback will be much appreciated.
|> Thanks in advance.
|>
|> Regards,
|> Devraj
|>
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