On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 10:58:35AM +1000, Brendan Simon wrote: > Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > >>mdadm is not installed. > >>My adaptec raid card provides hardware raid, so I don't think I need > >>mdadm. I certainly did not need it when I was running Sarge/2.6.8, so > >>I presume that shouldn't need it for Etch/2.6.18. > >> > >> > >My mistake. Were you using an in-tree driver for your adaptec card or a > >third-party driver? Did you check to see if the name of the kernel > >module changed in the 2.6.8 -> 2.6.18 transition? > > > It looks like the modules that I have specified are all loaded, so I > guess that means that the names haven't changed. > I was wondering if using the generic i2o_* modules instead of the > adaptec dpt_i20 module may fix things? > I sort of doubt it. Maybe it's a compiler issue with new gcc-4.1 code > generation ??? > > My /etc/modules file is: > > ide-cd > ide-disk > ide-generic > psmouse > > sd_mod > > aic7xxx > > # NOTE: The i2o drivers have some bugs in them which conflict with the > # NOTE: dpt_i2o driver and causes a kernel panic or oops. > # NOTE: This is apparently fixed in 2.6.15 in late December, therefore > # NOTE: any kernel released in 2006+ _should_ work. > # NOTE: For now use the adaptec dpt_i2o driver. > #i2o_config > #i2o_block > #i2o_scsi > #i2o_core > dpt_i2o >
based on the notes above, you should be able to use the i2o_* modules. have you tried them? A
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