Hi Otto, Really thanks alot. Will try it few hours later as im out. Will revert if this works for me! :)
-- ./Brandon On 7/15/07, Otto Moerbeek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Sun, 15 Jul 2007, Otto Moerbeek wrote: > On Sun, 15 Jul 2007, Brandon Lee wrote: > > > Hi Marco, > > > > There is no option to enable write cache via the PERC 5i/R controller > > or Bios. From bios, i could only select the perfornance of the HDD as > > in "Bypass, Quiet, Suggested and Performance". > > I've seen this before. For some stupid reason you cannot enable the > write cache from the BIOS. What a collegue did is use a linux live CD > with a management program from LSI to enable it. After that all was > OK. > > -Otto BTW, I found the instuctions from my collegue here. Quick translation form dutch: Get linux drivers from dell site: mptlinux-3.02.83.12-5dkms.noarch.rpm Put the drivers on a USB stick. Boot knoppix live cd (http://ftp.knoppix.nl/os/Linux/distr/knoppix/KNOPPIX_V5.1.1CD-2007-01-04-EN.iso) Then in knoppix: sudo -s mount /dev/sda1 (the USB stick) cd /media/sda1 cp mptlinux-3.02.83.12-5dkms.noarch.rpm /root cd /root alien -i mptlinux-3.02.83.12-5dkms.noarch.rpm cd /ramdisk/usr/src/mtplinux-3.02.83/lsi tar xvfz lsiutil.tgz cd lsiutil make ./lsiutil choose controller (er is er maar een) choose RAID functions choose change Volume settings first option: Write Cache Enabled (Yes/No default No): Yes remaining thing default close and reboot. ugly but it works. -Otto
