fishface
06-23-2006, 12:29 PM
Problem - trying to install SLES9 64bit on an Intel SR1425 server using the ICH6 RAID 1 function which as a hotspare function - I'm unsure if this is hardware or software RAID? AFAIK there are not many (if any) software RAIDs that have hotspares.It looks as though it might be a bit of both for this particular chipset.
Using the onboard controller RAID1 + hotspare, SUSE is seeing at 3 separate drives, not 1 logical drive.
Tried all sorts of things, no good, Intel now say they have an issue with this chipset with SLES9 64 bit when previously they said it would work.
Anyways, as a work around, I've installed an Intel SRCS16 RAID card, I'm installing SLES9 64bit. Boot from first CD and do all the usual, SLES recognises the RAID1 as 1 logical drive, great. It goes through installing all the packaages etc, and then reboots when it has finished, and then I get the following error message (very similar anyway)
VFS: Cannot open root device "<NULL>" or unknown-block(8,3)
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernelpanic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(8,3)
So I guess I have to load the Intel drivers, (another server with a much older ICP Vortex RAID doesn't seem to have the problem at all - RAID1 recognised, boots no problems), so I boot using the CD, I've tried linux dd as a boot option and F6 update drivers but no good, I can use rawrite or dd to extract the driver image to a floppy but this server has no floppy drive - so how do I get the drivers loaded? I need a rawrite or dd to a CD ideally, how can I do this?
Using the onboard controller RAID1 + hotspare, SUSE is seeing at 3 separate drives, not 1 logical drive.
Tried all sorts of things, no good, Intel now say they have an issue with this chipset with SLES9 64 bit when previously they said it would work.
Anyways, as a work around, I've installed an Intel SRCS16 RAID card, I'm installing SLES9 64bit. Boot from first CD and do all the usual, SLES recognises the RAID1 as 1 logical drive, great. It goes through installing all the packaages etc, and then reboots when it has finished, and then I get the following error message (very similar anyway)
VFS: Cannot open root device "<NULL>" or unknown-block(8,3)
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernelpanic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(8,3)
So I guess I have to load the Intel drivers, (another server with a much older ICP Vortex RAID doesn't seem to have the problem at all - RAID1 recognised, boots no problems), so I boot using the CD, I've tried linux dd as a boot option and F6 update drivers but no good, I can use rawrite or dd to extract the driver image to a floppy but this server has no floppy drive - so how do I get the drivers loaded? I need a rawrite or dd to a CD ideally, how can I do this?