You have an Abit KT7 RAID?, VIA KT133 chipset? I Just checked the closet for my manual instead of cracking my case but I've got the same board...

Unless they got funky with the cheese whiz right at the end of the series, that thing has a HPT 370, not a 372. If so, support for that card has been in the kernel since... 2.4.10 I think, and everyone compiles support in by default. I could send you a .config that would boot for that machine. The BIOS was an issue if you ever wanted to get it to work in hardware RAID, in which case yeah update to yesterday's, but to just get the ATA100 to work should just be a matter of changing fstab, swapping the drives up, and rebooting.

If your kernel panic failed at init, it either couldn't find the drives, or really couldn't find the drive it was pointed to by LILO or Grub. Hmm...

Cheers,

Finegan

Ok I'm trying to install using 2 RAID 0 drives

Here is my GRUB loader :

root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-3 ro root=sda2 hda=ide-scsi
initrd /initrd-2.4.18-3.img

When I change the kernel to vmlinuz.hpt37x2 I get this error

kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel.

Any ideas?

This same setup work without RAID, with Red Hat install from CD's

I have been trying to figure out whether or not I can use the HPT RAID controller with a RAID 1 under linux. As far as I can tell, I can only find support for RAID 0. (I'm running debian.)

Thanks,
greenkiwi

1) about the highpoint 372 and redhat 8 or mandrake 9

I prepared these:

http://www.terra.es/personal2/capullator/


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2) about the hpt37x2.o ... if you modify hpt37x2lib.o with an hex editor changin the strings:

"gcc2_compiled" -> "gcc3_compiled"
"CC: (GNU) 2.96" -> "GCC: (GNU) 3.2 " (note the space)

you can use the precompiled highpoint "opensource" (note the quotes) with a gcc3 compilied kernel!!!

Sharky, your links seem to be dead. I'm guessing they are links to boot kernels with instructions?

This headache with the HPT 37x controllers is probably going to be knocked out by 2.4.20 and the distros released on that, but for the time inbetween this would be really helpful.

Cheers,

Finegan

Yep, ... terra my ISP delete my personal files!!! (wtf)

Whell the files are up again, ...



About the 2.4.20 , ... its posible but, ... I coud't install redhat 8 using the kernel 2.4.19-ac4 drivers because the redhat 8 installer dont try the /dev/ataraid/* devices . Thats why the boot floppies made to install rh8 use the shit hpt drivers)

(sorry by my poor english)

Yep, ... They hava:
- a detailed readme
- the modified files to "compile the kernel yourself" :P
- the rh8 tgz contain the "hpt37x2lib.o" tricked to be used with a "gcc3 compiled kernel"
- a raw image to the boot floopies
- a precompiled kernel (and initrd with the driver inside) for athlon ready to use once the install finish.

I downloaded and read through the Mandy install version. I wouldn't worry so much about your english, they were very good directions.

Want a US mirror?

Cheers,

Finegan

You can make a mirror or modify my files without any problem

If you do these thx. (I will add the links a.s.a.p.)

Aight, here they are on http, I'm cagey about opening up an anonymous ftp.

http://www.clockwatching.net/~fin/ra...at8_hpt372.tgz
http://www.clockwatching.net/~fin/ra...ke9_hpt372.tgz

Cheers,

Finegan

Hello Sharky and Finigan

Today I tried to update a Redhat 7.3 system with the modified bootdisk
but it failed completely.

I downloaded your install_redhat8_hpt372.tgz and unpacked it
and made the bootfloppy from the instructions as:
dd if=install_bootdisk.img of=/dev/fd0

when loading the /bin/insmod /modules/hpt37x2.o driver, this system
comes back with a warning message:
Warning: loading /modules/hpt37x2.o will taint the kernel: no license

When I came in the graphical interface to the choice of either installing
or upgrading I clicked on the upgrading (because I have a running 7.3 system)
The system comes back with the message:
You don't have any Linux Partitions. You can't upgrade this system.

I then went back and choose : Install on system | Desktop

... automatically partition and the system comes back with
an Error has occurred - No Valid devices wher found on which to create
new filesystems. Please check your hardware for the cause of this problem.

when I push the OK button the system reboots.

Do you know what has been going wrong?

Anyway It is clear that the installation kernel has not yet any support for the hpt37x2 conroller.

Regards

Hans van Hal

thats normal.

Do de insmod before the instaler enters the graphical mode.
Run this as soon as you can enter the 2nd virtual terminal.

(Or modify the initrd renaming the linuxrc to linuxrc_ and create an script that to de insmod and then call the linuxrc_).

The problem is that the rh installer detects de hardisk configuration as soon as it enter the gralphical mode.

Probably when the 2.4.20 kernel the new disitributions will have full hpt372 support.

What about putting in 8.0 since it's just become available? Anyone has a HPT370 and a successful install of RAID 0 or 1 on RH 8.0?

The hpt370 and hpt372 can use the same driver probided by highpoint, ... just have a try with my .tgz

Sharky and all,

If you go to term 2 before you say no to the driver question, the raid is recognized by the graphical installer.

Great job!!!!!


Thanks


Ray Dias