Re: Raid controler DAC960PD and SuSE 7.1axp

--On Wednesday, October 16, 2002 12:17:17 AM +0200 Stefan Reinauer 
<[email protected]> wrote:

> * Wolfgang Kutscherauer <[email protected]> [021008 19:43]:
>> One further thing is the firmware version of the DAC960PD.
>> If you have one flash-socket free you have V 2.x. I thing it is,
>> because all  AS1000 4/266 i knew have this.
>> For V 2.x you will need the newest kernel 2.4.19, because Mr. Zubkov
>> the  developer added the firmware 2.x support a few month ago and
>> SuSe 7.1 shipped  only with drivers for V 3.x
>
> you may want to try the latest kernel rpms from
> ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/stepan/kernel/
> I've uploaded 2.4.19 RPMs for 1cpu and smp machines
> and the sources.
>
> Best regards,
>   Stefan Reinauer
>
> --
> The x86 isn't all that complex - it just doesn't make a lot of
> sense.          -- Mike Johnson, Leader of 80x86 Design at AMD
> 	                          Microprocessor Report (1994)

Stefan,

Is installing the new kernel as simple as:

  rpm -i k_deflt-2.4.19-0.alpha.rpm

and then reboot?

Thanks in advance,

Bill

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