FC3 / Adaptec SCSI RAID (dpt_i2o)

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Mi, den 24.11.2004 schrieb Jason Van Patten um 1:45:

> I'm trying to install FC3 on my machines equipped with Adaptec's SCSI 
> zero-slot RAID controllers.  Typically, that requires the dpt_i2o 
> module, which apparently isn't available for the FC3 install kernel.
> 
> Since I have FC3 installed on a laptop, I used that to build the 
> dpt_i2o.ko module.  I transfered it to a CD, which I loaded into the 2nd 
> CDROM on my machine.  When Fedora's installer asked for "other drivers" 
> I told it to use /dev/hdb.  It didn't find anything.
> 
> Do I need more than just the dpt_i2o.ko file on the CD?  Can I even use 
> a CD as a "driver disk?"  I don't have a floppy drive installed in the 
> machine.

Yes, simply copying the module onto an empty floppy does not make it a
driver disk.

> jas

See following howto for instruction on how to build a driver disk:

http://www.linuxsa.org.au/pipermail/linuxsa/2001-June/030546.html
http://faq.linux.cz/pracovni/driver-disk-howto

Alexander


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