CentOS - Oct 2011 - HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller

Hello,

I'm trying to install CentOS 6.0 64bit on a HP ProLiant ML110 G7 with a 
HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller.

One logical drive (RAID 1+0) on the RAID Controller is already build.

CentOS Installation can't find the logical Drive, but it shows me the 
zwo physical drives (sda+sdb). After searching the web, I found 
following hints:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-hardware-18/raid-array-not-detected-new-hp-ml150g6-server-739130/

http://linuximagination.blogspot.com/2011/04/centos-installer-wasnt-detecting-sata.html

OK. Downloaded the file "hpahcisr-1.2.6-7.rhel5.x86_64.dd.gz" and do
the
dd from another Linux workstation.

# dd if=hpahcisr-1.2.6-7.rhel5.x86_64.dd.gz of=/dev/sdb (4Gig USB Stick)

starting the CentOS 6.0 64 bit installation from the DVD

boot: linux dd

After loading the kernel, the installer is asking whether I have 
driverdisk and asked to indicate which drive (sdc)

/dev/sdc is my 4Gig USB Stick.

My problem is now, the step "Driver Disk" is failed:
Failed to mount driver disk.

any hints are very, very welcome.

Thanks in advance
Richard

On 10/24/11 3:04 AM, Richard Gliebe wrote:
> I'm trying to install CentOS 6.0 64bit on a HP ProLiant ML110 G7 with a
> HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller.
>
> One logical drive (RAID 1+0) on the RAID Controller is already build.
>
> CentOS Installation can't find the logical Drive, but it shows me the
> zwo physical drives (sda+sdb). After searching the web, I found
> following hints:
wild guess says, that isn't really a raid controller, that its a 
fake-raid, such as an Intel Matrix, where the 'raid' is done purely in 
the BIOS and the Windows Driver.

you're better off reconfiguring that for JBOD in the BIOS, and letting 
Linux see the physical disks (which it does, anywayas), and implementing 
mdraid mirroring in Linux natively.



-- 
john r pierce                            N 37, W 122
santa cruz ca                         mid-left coast

On 10/24/2011 12:04 PM, Richard Gliebe wrote:
> # dd if=hpahcisr-1.2.6-7.rhel5.x86_64.dd.gz of=/dev/sdb (4Gig USB Stick)
>
I would expect the file should be un-gzip'ed before being written to the 
USB stick?

Mogens

-- 
Mogens Kjaer, mk at lemo.dk
http://www.lemo.dk

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 6:04 AM, Richard Gliebe <richard.gliebe at fhv.at>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to install CentOS 6.0 64bit on a HP ProLiant ML110 G7 with a
> HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller.
[snip]
> OK. Downloaded the file "hpahcisr-1.2.6-7.rhel5.x86_64.dd.gz" and
do the
> dd from another Linux workstation.
The file name would suggest this driver is for RHEL5 (or CentOS 5),
not CentOS 6.  You would have to see if HP has an updated driver.

-- 
William Hooper