Re: Need help installing OS6 on Dell PowerEdge 2600 with PERC4/Di RAID

jboland@xxxxxxx wrote:
On 14 Mar, 16:01, "Steve M. Fabac, Jr." <smfa...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
jbol...@xxxxxxx wrote:

On 10 Mar, 17:45, "Steve M. Fabac, Jr." <smfa...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Steve M. Fabac, Jr. wrote:
defbootstr link=perc disable=dptr,piiop,efp,wdex,mdac
Srom=wd(0,0,0,0) Stp0=perc(0,1,6,0) Sdsk=perc(0,0,0,0)
The above recommends setting both channels to RAID. I
know that I have not tried that. All failures to date have
been with channel 1 set to RAID and channel 2 set to SCSI.
I'll reset channel 2 to RAID the next time I'm on site on
this install.
Now, can anyone translate that defbootstr instruction above
for use on SCO 6.0?
Steve,
There is no direct translation of this. OpenServer 6 includes the
drivers for the Dell Perc RAID 4 and if the Perc controller is
properly configured it should just be picked up at ISL.
John
John,

What is "properly configured"? I can find no information at Dell or
SCO on the "proper" configuration. The mega driver says it works
with the perc4/Di but it has no "proper" configuration information
in the driver package description.

Steve,

By properly configured I mean that you have configured the disks
in the appropriate RAID configuration using the Dell Perc BIOS
prior to installing Openserver 6.

John


John,

I'm sorry for the sarcasm in my post. After fighting this thing for
three days and all drivers downloaded from SCO and Dell failing to
recognize the controller, I stumbled across the problem, and lo
and behold the mega driver dowloaded from SCO worked.

However, the documentation with the driver is incomplete and omits
very important hardware configuration information. Without that
setting in the controller card, you can build raid configurations
with the controller bios all day long and none of the drivers will
work. The letter with the driver should be updated to flag this
controller bios setting.

Since this was a used machine and when I first booted it, Windows 2000
server login screen appeared, I accepted that the hardware is working
and all I did was delete the RAID5 configuration and reset to RAID1
before trying to load SCO. Three days later....
.

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