[3820] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Compaq Proliant 5000
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Ngo)
Thu Apr 30 16:20:03 1998
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 16:16:21 -0400
From: David Ngo <dngo@hardees.Rutgers.EDU>
To: peter.hicks@poggs.co.uk
CC: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-reply-to: <199804301952.UAA28105@onyx.ftech.net> (peter.hicks@poggs.co.uk)
Reply-to: dngo@hardees.Rutgers.EDU
> From: "Peter Hicks" <peter.hicks@poggs.co.uk>
> Organization: Poggs Computer Services
> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 20:52:26 +0000
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> Peeps,
>
> I have the problem of getting RedHat 5.0 or Slackware 3.4 on to a Compaq
> Proliant (256Mb RAM, 12Gb RAID-5 array etc.) - the only problem is that I
> can't find any drivers that work for the SMART RAID controller.
>
> Are there any available, or is there a way to "work around" this problem?
> It would be a shame to have to consign this box to running NT all day
> long... (and rebooting all night long)
>
I had this problem about six months ago with RedHat 4.x. At the time,
I heard through this list that Caldera (I think) was teaming up with
Compaq to write a driver for the SMART series of RAID controllers. I
haven't looked in a long time, but you might want to check out
Caldera.
Dave
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