Subject: Re: compaq 3200 + slackware 8.0

From: "John Madden" - these disks haven't been tested *at all,* so I have no idea if they'll work or not. I've attached the gzip'd root and boot images. The root disk contains both the cciss and ida /dev entries. The boot disk's kernel has both the cciss and the cpqarray drivers, as well as SCSI: AIC7xxx and SYM53C8xx, Eth: 3c90x and eepro100, and generic IDE support. It's 2.4.17 compiled for i386 with SMP but no module support.

note: above provided as is by jmadden[at]ivy.tec.in.us

Slackware 7.0 and the smart array controller family

background

i started with a compaq 1850r with the smart 3200 array controller. after struggling with the boot and root disks, i think i have a couple of fairly good disk images. you really shouldn't need to mess with the system as much as you had to for 3.6 . the setup program knows of the /dev/ida/* devices. after the installation, i shut down and turned the massive rack-mounted server on and it wouldn't boot. the lilo that comes with slack 7.0 doesn't recognize the array (or something like that), so you need to boot via a bootdisk and then download a patched version of lilo that understands your pain, err i mean smart array controller. yes.

i apologize for my grammer and a lack of content. ANY questions email me.

based off of bareapm.i and color.gz from slackware 7.0

any problems/patches/ideas/flames/etc go to elektron[at]halo.nu

FAQs

Q:
> I downloaded your slackware root disk color7.0.gz but it's 4 megs
> and won't fit on a single disk.

A:
what probably happened was your web browser decompressed the disk image on
the fly while you downloaded it. not a big deal, just gzip it and dd it
over to a floppy. eg.
	# ls -lah color7.0
	(3.6M color7.0)
        # gzip color7.0
	# ls -lah color7.0.gz
	(1.4M color7.0.gz)
        dd if=./color7.0.gz of=/dev/fd0

slackware 3.6

here's a custom boot/root pair, use dd to create them. the kernel is 2.0.36 with raid support and the smart 2dh controller support, the root is color.gz with a few added devices for the array. these disks are my own creation and i take no liability to the pain and or suffering they may cause :) they area good starting point, i guess.

disks & downloads

all the kernel support should be included in the 2.2 branch of the kernel. older kernels you may need one or both of the following. kernel patches (Compaq Smart-2 (or better) Disk Array Controllers, and Leonard Zubkoff's DAC960 patch). you can find this stuff (and more!) at the original site.

there is a lilo patch available. you won't need this until you have it all installed and want to boot from the array though. you can grab the patch from the original site or here's the already patched source

relevant links and stuff

PLEASE