[CentOS] kernel update and RAID controller

Feizhou
Sat, 05 May 2007 11:26:51 -0000

Martin Minka wrote:
> Hello,
> I have a problem with drivers. I believe it is a general topic for Linux
> administrator.
> I managed it to install Centos4 with driver disk for my RAID controller.
> Unfortunately after "yum update" my kernel is updated and I see
some
> warnings about missing driver. After restart kernel is stopping with
message
> "kernel panic".
>
> The server I am installing on is Intel S5000PAL
> http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/s5000pal/ and the
> drivers are version 07.15.0209.2007 on
>
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/scripts-df-external/filter_results.aspx?strT
>
ypes=all&ProductID=2451&OSFullName=Red+Hat*+Enterprise+Linux+4.0&lang=eng&st
> rOSs=129&submit=Go%21
>
> Could somebody give me some advices how to fix this ?
> I appreciate any hints and links.

Boot up the old kernel. Copy the driver file from old kernel module
directory to the new kernel module directory.