Adaptec 1420SA and red hat es 4 update 2 or 3

Stick the card in your system - I'd expect that it will be automatically recognised.

The reason that the adaptec web page only has update 1, is that the Adaptec Webmaster is a little slow in keeping the web site up to date;)

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No, is not recognized by the sytem.

Looks like you need to install the driver seperately, as it is not in the default kernel:

http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/downloads/rh/rhel_4?productId=AAR-1420SA&dn=Adaptec+Serial+ATA+II+RAID+1420SA

Although precompiled rpms exist only up to rhel4u1, I'd probably try that and see what dependencies cause problems. If it doesn't install, then it looks like you'll be having a bit of fun;)...This article should help:

http://www.keffective.com/mvsata/fc4_howto.html

The module that you need is the aar81xx module...however, this module is based on the same chipset, and appears to be a module that works for this card. In this case the driver is an mv_sata module.

Does the command:

dmesg | grep aar81

recognise anything? In which case have you edited your /etc/modules.conf yet? Add the line:

alias scsi_hostadapter aar81xx

or

alias scsi_hostadapter mv_sata

Depending on what gets recognised.

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Really i need the driver for update 3. Adaptec sends me this link:

http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/speed/raid/aar/linux/aar81xx-openbuild-b5732_i386_tar_gz.htm

to download the sources but when i tried to compile i get:

subdir-$(CONFIG_SCSI_AAR81XX) += aar81xx
No dotconfig files found, make terminated

You need to type:

./configure

in the corerct directory. This creates the dotconfigure file.
Then type:

make
make install

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I dont have a configure file!!!

Guess I'd better download and have a look at it!

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[root@bigserver tmp]# rpm -ivh Adaptec_aar81xx-OpenBuild-B5732.i386.rpm
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:Adaptec_aar81xx        ########################################### [100%]

cd /usr/src/adaptec/build  ,use
./Build /usr/src/adaptec/driver-Adaptec_ /usr/src/adaptec/shipped-modules /usr/src/linux-2.4.9-e.3
 to build driver dud and rpm packages for kernel linux-2.4.9-e.3
 After the ./Build command, dir linux-2.4.9-e.3 will be altered in order to do compilation,
 make sure you have a backup copy of the source tree.

Doing
./Build /usr/src/adaptec/driver-Adaptec_ /usr/src/adaptec/shipped-modules /usr/src/adaptec/linux-2.4.9-e.3 merge_driver=Yes
 will not build dud/rpm packages for you, it just simply
 merge the driver source into the kernel tree under
 /usr/src/linux-2.4.9-e.3/drivers/scsi/Adaptec_ AND all the necessary modifications.
 Doing this, end user is responsible for the rest of the setup to build the whole kernel.

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Enter:
rpm -ivh Adaptec_aar81xx-OpenBuild-B5732.i386.rpm

then follow the instructions, and tell us where you get stuck? Obviously change any kernel references to match your installed kernel - You must have kernel devel installed.

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Just thought - If you've never built kernels before, then you may want to have a look at this:

http://www.digitalhermit.com/linux/Kernel-Build-HOWTO.html

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I get

subdir-$(CONFIG_SCSI_AAR81XX) += aar81xx
No dotconfig files found, make terminated

when i tried to compile with:


cd /usr/src/adaptec
./Build ../driver-aar81xx/ ../shipped-binary/ /usr/src/linux-2.6.9-34.ELsmp


/usr/src/linux-2.6.9-34.ELsmp is a symbolic link to /usr/src/kerneles/2.6.9-34.ELsmp

Accuracy is vital here!

cd /usr/src/adaptec/build

are you are in the wrong directory?

The process worked fine for me on a CentOS 4 system, so I'm fairly confident in the code compiling cleanly.

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Yes build . I have kernel 2.6.9-34. It starts but gives me the error I post in the last message
subdir-$(CONFIG_SCSI_AAR81XX) += aar81xx
No dotconfig files found, make terminated

Type *EXACTLY* what you typed in, and what response you got.

./Build ../driver-aar81xx/ ../shipped-binary/ /usr/src/linux-2.6.9-34.ELsmp

Why are you using .. instead of the full path? FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS!!!! .. will mean a completely different directory once the script is running.

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cd /usr/src/adaptec/build

./Build /usr/src/adaptec/driver-aar81xx/ /usr/src/adaptec/shipped-binary/ /usr/src/linux-2.6.9-34.ELsmp

Why have you got a / at the end of the paths for driver-aar81xx?

Why have you got a / at the end of the paths for shipped-binary?

When you've made those changes, do you get exactly the same error?

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Wait, I think i have a problem with the sources of redhat. I'm downloading new sources

Yes i have bad sources, now it compiles and i have the driver!!!!
thanks

Well done!

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