the deal: got this raid card, it seems to work fine(bios) but i cant see the disk(s) in the os.

so i built in scsi support/as module, everything i could find, im shooting in the dark now

BUILT IN SCSI

02:01.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7899P U160/m (rev 01)
Subsystem: Adaptec AIC-7899P U160/m
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 100, IRQ 17
BIST result: 00
I/O ports at 4000 [disabled] [size=256]
Memory at efbff000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at 50120000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

02:01.1 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7899P U160/m (rev 01)
Subsystem: Adaptec AIC-7899P U160/m
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 100, IRQ 18
BIST result: 00
I/O ports at 4100 [disabled] [size=256]
Memory at efbfe000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at 50140000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

THE RAID CARD

05:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 80960RP [i960 RP Microprocessor/Bridge] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 96
Bus: primary=05, secondary=06, subordinate=06, sec-latency=96
Memory behind bridge: eb000000-ebffffff
Capabilities: <access denied>

05:03.1 SCSI storage controller: Intel Corporation 80960RP [i960RP Microprocessor] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller 2/DC
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
Memory at ecff0000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at 50118000 [disabled] [size=32K]
Capabilities: <access denied>


the card i bought used, no literature, it looks like it might be american megatrends, i was told it was a megaraid enterprise 1500 card..
tried google for drivers for everything..nothing. am i missing something?
note: i dont even see /dev/sdx devices..

my .config (2.6.20)

http://pastebin.ca/374134

i omitted stuff like sound/video/net for brevity sake

thanks!!

That's a Dell PERC/2 Controller or more specifically..
PERC2/DC - dual-channel add-in card, Ultra2 SCSI (aka AMI MegaRAID 467)

I would suggest starting here: http://linux.dell.com/storage.shtml#megaraid_scsi

That link should provide you the information to find the drivers for the card, as well as download the Linux management application for the card (command line only I believe)

hey, thanks alot. I got this working finally by locating the megaraid driver hiding deep in the kernel configuration menu. I did not have too great luck on dell's site with the drivers, maybe I was over-looking. Who cares, it works

I think Dells site just points you to where to find them, theres nowhere on their site to actually get the drivers...
The management app would come in handy though so you can check on the RAID status and health from the command line.

Glad you got it working