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metallica1973 01-04-2008 08:16 PM
IBM X235 ServerRAID5 Controller/Solaris 10
 
I have been trying to get Solaris 10 installed on my IBM x 235 server with a ServerRAID Controller 5i. The first attempt I could not install Solaris 10 because it could not find the controller. I found a driver on opensolaris.org and the install instructions are such:

http://opensolaris.org/os/community/...cts/serveraid/

It say:

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    * install driver binary manually

    1. copy ips 32 bit driver to /kernel/drv (i386 platform)
    1. copy ips 64 bit driver to /kernel/drv/amd64/ (amd64 platform)
    2. add_drv -i '"$DEVICEID"' -c scsi ips
    NOTE: the format of DEVICEID is:
    pcixxxx,xxx

    * install package of ips driver

    1. copy ips driver package to /export/home
    2. cd /export/home
    3. pkgadd -d ./
    4. install ips package in terms of prompts 
So if I choose option 5 during the installation of Solaris 10(add drivers), how would I mount the cdrom and install the drivers and the rerun the setup from the Solaris 10 cdrom?

jlliagre 01-04-2008 10:51 PM
Have a look at this document:
http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/features...er_install.jsp

metallica1973 01-05-2008 10:16 AM
Interesting! I am having trouble mounting the cdrom to copy over the ips driver for the controller!

Is there a trick from this type of install?

metallica1973 01-05-2008 11:18 AM
Also that article if for PXE installs or having to rebuld an ISO which I will probably do. Why would Solaris make this so difficult to add drivers when they know that there will be many different types of of hardware that they will comes across. I cannot believe that what people say that this is the best UNIX distro. What a pain in the #$%@#$%

jlliagre 01-05-2008 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by metallica1973 (Post 3012425)
Also that article if for PXE installs or having to rebuld an ISO which I will probably do. Why would Solaris make this so difficult to add drivers when they know that there will be many different types of of hardware that they will comes across.
This situation where a mandatory driver is missing to complete a basic installation is quite uncommon.
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I cannot believe that what people say that this is the best UNIX distro.
Solaris installation is an area where there is a lot of room for improvement. It is beeing working on: http://opensolaris.org/os/project/caiman/
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What a pain in the #$%@#$%
no pain, no gain ;)

metallica1973 01-07-2008 09:26 AM
Caiman looks better, I guess once they put that together then I am sure it will win over a larger crowd but until then I will recompile the ISO.(PAIN in Bumper). thanks


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