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List:       linux-poweredge
Subject:    Re: Installing Fedora Core 2 on Poweredge 2800
From:       lawson () dayton ! net
Date:       2004-10-28 13:51:08
Message-ID: 27177.64.74.106.62.1098971468.squirrel () 64 ! 74 ! 106 ! 62
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> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to install Fedora Core 2 on a new PowerEdge 2800. Does anyone
> has ever done this successful? I have big trouble getting a driver for the
> PERC4e Controller.
>
> Has anyone a Driver Disk for FC2? I've already googeled a lot and searched
> through this mailing list.
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> Bye
> Lorenz

FC2 doesn't load megaraid2 drivers nessasary for the PERC4 controller. 
You can build a Driver Disk by compiling the driver code on another box
and going through the irritation of manually creating a DD for FC2. 
Unfortunately, FC2's DD routine has a bug during install that won't
actually let you load the drivers from a DD even though it appears to.

Yes, I went through this exact pain.

You theoretically could roll your own ISO disk which includes the correct
megaraid2 driver on CD but I couldn't tell you where to start.

FC3-test3 does correctly find PERC4 and load the right megaraid driver. 
However, it is a pre-release version and there are some things in it that
aren't quite right.

RHEL3, Whitbox EL 3, and other RHEL3 derivitives are *supposed* to work
but I can't personally confirm this.

Peace favor your sword

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