Hello friends!
http://www.lsi.com/storage_home/prod...202/index.html ] with the latest BIOS.
I had FreeBSD installed (no problem), but need to use VMware for work so I chose to switch to Ubuntu.
I am a *NIX newbie.
1. Server boots with Ubuntu 8.0.4 Desktop
2. I select language
3. Server goes through the loading animations
4. Server spits out error
5. No more progress is made
Here is the error I get when I try to install Ubuntu:
I did some research and it seems that Ubuntu for some reason has problems with LSI Megaraid controllers (I think):
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-208510.html
These threads could be of value to a more experienced user:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=661598
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=201858
It seems that both of the links that I posted, even though related (MegaRAID issue) do not describe hardware I run.
The former link is about SAS card and the later about seemingly antiquated SCSI card.
What is the deal with Linux an MegaRAID cards?
How to fix this?
Thank you in advance!
'The solutions and answers provided on Experts Exchange have been extremely helpful to me over the last few years. I wear a lot of hats - Developer, Database Administrator, Help Desk, etc., so I know a lot of things but not a lot about one thing. Mfi — LSI MegaRAID SAS driver SYNOPSIS To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file: device pci device mfi Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5): mfi_load='YES' DESCRIPTION.
I need some help with my ML570 that runs 6 15k drives on a LSI MegaRAID SCSI 320-2 Dual-channel [http://www.lsi.com/storage_home/prod...202/index.html ] with the latest BIOS.
I had FreeBSD installed (no problem), but need to use VMware for work so I chose to switch to Ubuntu.
I am a *NIX newbie.
1. Server boots with Ubuntu 8.0.4 Desktop
2. I select language
3. Server goes through the loading animations
4. Server spits out error
5. No more progress is made
Here is the error I get when I try to install Ubuntu:
I did some research and it seems that Ubuntu for some reason has problems with LSI Megaraid controllers (I think):
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-208510.html
ssjoholm
September 2nd, 2006, 07:48 AM
Hi,
I don't have that RAID controller, but I found following info;
Intel SRCS16 and SRCS28X Serial ATA RAID Controller PCI cards — real hardware RAID. These are six-port PCI and eight-port PCI-X cards (respectively) for servers, based on an LSI Logic MegaRAID chipset, driving SATA-I output using Silicon Image SiI3112A SATA-I chips (one for each channel pair) and an Intel GC80302 or IOP331 (respectively) dedicated I/O processor with 64MB or 128 MB of ECC SDRAM (respectively) for processing XOR logic. Use the kernel's 'megaraid2' driver (For LSI Logic MegaRAID). The Silicon Image chips are not the system-facing chipsets (1 2), and so don't determine driver support. An optional battery-backup daughterboard is available.
source:http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata
It's seem that 'megaraid2' has to be inserted to the kernel, maybe this should be checked if it's loaded correctly.
September 2nd, 2006, 07:48 AM
Hi,
I don't have that RAID controller, but I found following info;
Intel SRCS16 and SRCS28X Serial ATA RAID Controller PCI cards — real hardware RAID. These are six-port PCI and eight-port PCI-X cards (respectively) for servers, based on an LSI Logic MegaRAID chipset, driving SATA-I output using Silicon Image SiI3112A SATA-I chips (one for each channel pair) and an Intel GC80302 or IOP331 (respectively) dedicated I/O processor with 64MB or 128 MB of ECC SDRAM (respectively) for processing XOR logic. Use the kernel's 'megaraid2' driver (For LSI Logic MegaRAID). The Silicon Image chips are not the system-facing chipsets (1 2), and so don't determine driver support. An optional battery-backup daughterboard is available.
source:http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata
It's seem that 'megaraid2' has to be inserted to the kernel, maybe this should be checked if it's loaded correctly.
These threads could be of value to a more experienced user:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=661598
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=201858
It seems that both of the links that I posted, even though related (MegaRAID issue) do not describe hardware I run.
The former link is about SAS card and the later about seemingly antiquated SCSI card.
What is the deal with Linux an MegaRAID cards?
How to fix this?
Thank you in advance!