FC3 x86_64 install on sil3114 SATA controller problems.

[Joel Jaeggli]

The sil 3114 should work fine without it's fake software raid drive using 
the normal sata-sil driver.

joelja

On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Saurabh Barve wrote:

> From: Marco Prechel <marcoprechel at mac.com>
>
> Hello,
>
> I run a K8SR (Transport GX28) with Hardware RAID SATA (adaptec 2410SA) and 
> have NO issues. That controller seems pretty good to me, however i have heard 
> from lots of users in the server community that the 3ware are very awesome 
> and compare to say the least, if not beat the adaptec's.
>
> Good Luck.
>
> --marco
>
> On Apr 18, 2005, at 1:33 PM, Saurabh Barve wrote:
>> 
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>>>> Message: 1
>>>> Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 21:06:37 -0700 (PDT)
>>>> From: Koustubha Kale <koustubha_kale at yahoo.com>
>>>> Subject: FC3 x86_64 install on sil3114 SATA controller problems.
>>>> To: amd64-list at redhat.com
>>>> Message-ID: <20050418040637.81148.qmail at web50402.mail.yahoo.com>
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>>>> Dear all,
>>>> We have purchased a Tyan Tiger k8w(s2875) yesterday.
>>>> I am trying to install Fedora Core 3 x86_64 on a
>>>> machine with Tyan Tiger k8w with dual opteron 242
>>>> CPU's, 4gb RAM, 120GB seagate SATA drives connected to
>>>> sata 1 & 2. My problem is although FC3 complets the install it
>>>> fails to reboot. I followed the directions in the
>>>> downloaded file SiI3114- Serial ATA (SATA) 64-bit
>>>> Linux RAID Driver (for AMD 64-bit platforms only).zip
>>>> file from the driver downloads section on tyan's site
>>>> but the insertion of driver does not take place. the
>>>> initial_install.sh script  does not manage to insert
>>>> the driver module. The same works for RH9 though. But
>>>> we need the Fc3 x86_64 for which we bought the board &
>>>> the CPU's.
>>>> Please guide urgently as to how we can get this
>>>> working. This machine is needed urgently for our
>>>> colleges lab.
>>>> With warm regards advance thanks
>>>> Koustubha Kale
>>>> With warm regards
>>>> Koustubha Kale
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi Koustabha,
>>> 
>>> We had the same problems loading RHEL 3 on one of our machines. We tried a 
>>> number of different things, with the hardware and the OS. However, what 
>>> worked for us finally, was to simply buy an external SATA RAID controller. 
>>> A 3ware controller works best. We had four hard drives; this one worked 
>>> for us: 3ware 64-bit PCI to SATA RAID Controller Card, Model "Escalade 
>>> 8506-4LP" . But since you are only connecting 2 hard drives, you can go 
>>> for a two-port card. However, if you do wish to increase the number of 
>>> hard drives in the future, maybe you could go for a 4-port card.
>>> 
>>> Do not rely on binary drivers to work for you. Those drivers are made for 
>>> only one particular kernel. Once you upgrade the kernel, they'll break 
>>> (that's what happened to us). The best way to go is for external cards 
>>> (especially 3ware - RHEL has excellent source driver support for it).
>>> 
>>> Of course, you might get a more accurate reply on the list from someone 
>>> who's got those mobo card drivers working for RHEL. But I'd suggest you to 
>>> go for an external SATA RAID controller. It will save you a lot of time, 
>>> and will give you flexibility in upgrades.
>>> 
>>> Saurabh.
>>> 
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>

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