Re: [suse-axp] Hardware RAID controller KZPSC-XB supported?

From: Marco Antonio Blanco (mablanco@activasistemas.com)
Date: Thu Dec 21 2000 - 06:32:57 PST

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    From: Marco Antonio Blanco <mablanco@activasistemas.com>
    Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 15:32:57 +0100
    Message-Id: <00122115325700.01548@umbar>
    Subject: Re: [suse-axp] Hardware RAID controller KZPSC-XB supported?
    

    El Jue 21 Dic 2000 14:07, Rich Payne escribiste:
    >
    > Ha! The stuff these people will tell you....truth is they will run Tru64
    > and OpenVMS just fine (with supported hardware). There's just a variable
    > you must set in NVRAM on bootup for these OSs to run. Can remember it off
    > the top of my head, but I'm sure it's in the axp-list archives.
    >
    > "Lacking an instruction"....it's the same CPU! amazing :)

    Yeah!

    > > I read in ftp.digital.com that the solution would be to install Linux on
    > > a SCSI disk and then "dd" the installation on the RAID. What do you think
    > > of this? Would it work with my RAID controller? Is there something I
    > > could do to make it work, maybe update the firmware?
    >
    > Which SRM version are you at? Note that if you're <5.3, you'll have to
    > update to 5.3, then get to the latest from there. Can't guarantee it'll
    > see it thought. As for the dd idea....should work, have never triedit
    > myself.

    I currenty have the last version, as I updated the DS5000 firmware recently.
    However, it's not enough to support my RAID controller. I wonder if an update
    could also be done to the RAID controller?

    -- 
    Marco Antonio Blanco
    Activa Sistemas, S.Coop.And.
    www.activasistemas.com
    



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