CentOS - Sep 2005 - Intel RAID controller

I have a dell precision 380:
http://catalog.us.dell.com/CS1/CS1Page2.aspx?br=6&c=us&cs=555&fm=11210&l=en&s=biz

with an Intel Matrix Storage Manager ICH7R RAID Controller
http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imsm/sb/cs-020663.htm

I need to get CentOS 3 installed on this thing but can't
due to the fact that the controller is not supported
in 2.4 kernels.

There is a patch available from http://iswraid.sourceforge.net/.

Question - Since the installer has the "wrong" kernel, how
do I go about getting it installed with the patched kernel?

-Mark


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Mark Belanger wrote:
> I have a dell precision 380:
>
http://catalog.us.dell.com/CS1/CS1Page2.aspx?br=6&c=us&cs=555&fm=11210&l=en&s=biz
>
>
> with an Intel Matrix Storage Manager ICH7R RAID Controller
> http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imsm/sb/cs-020663.htm
>
> I need to get CentOS 3 installed on this thing but can't
> due to the fact that the controller is not supported
> in 2.4 kernels.
>
> There is a patch available from http://iswraid.sourceforge.net/.
>
> Question - Since the installer has the "wrong" kernel, how
> do I go about getting it installed with the patched kernel?
>
Is CentOS 4.1 an option?  I'm not sure if the ICH7R is supported in the 
newer 2.6 kernels either, but that might be an option for you if you 
can't make CentOS 3.X work.

Cheers,

Mark Belanger <mark_belanger at ltx.com> wrote:
> with an Intel Matrix Storage Manager ICH7R RAID Controller
> http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imsm/sb/cs-020663.htm
ICH7R = FRAID

If you use the FRAID-5 on it, expect to slow to old PIO mode
speeds (i.e., 15-20MBps).  Yes, FRAID is now attempting to do
RAID-5 -- and it _sucks_ compared to MD RAID-5.

"Fake RAID (FRAID) sucks even more at RAID-5"  
http://thebs413.blogspot.com/2005/09/fake-raid-fraid-sucks-even-more-at.html



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Mark Belanger wrote:
> I have a dell precision 380:
>
http://catalog.us.dell.com/CS1/CS1Page2.aspx?br=6&c=us&cs=555&fm=11210&l=en&s=biz
> 
> 
> with an Intel Matrix Storage Manager ICH7R RAID Controller
> http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imsm/sb/cs-020663.htm
> 
> I need to get CentOS 3 installed on this thing but can't
> due to the fact that the controller is not supported
> in 2.4 kernels.
> 
> There is a patch available from http://iswraid.sourceforge.net/.
> 
> Question - Since the installer has the "wrong" kernel, how
> do I go about getting it installed with the patched kernel?

For the sake of completeness(and people searching the archives)
Centos3.5 has the drivers I need.  Thanks to all who suggested
alternate methods for CentOS versions that do not.

-Mark


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Mark Belanger
LTX Corporation