Setting Up RAID System
I've never loaded Linux onto a RAID array before,
I have an Adaptec 2105S card, with 3 x SCSI HDD's attached, in a RAID5 setup. When I boot the Cent OS Server 4.4 CD, it says I don't have any hard drives attached. I am then prompted to select a device driver, but it does not show up in the list.
The options in the list are:
- Adaptec AACRAID (aacraid)
- Adaptec AHA-152x (aha152x)
- Adaptec AHA-2740, 28xx, 29xx, 39xx (aic7xxx)
- Adaptec Aic79xx SCSI Host Bus Adapter driver (aic79xx)
- Adaptec SAS/SATA Host Bus Adapter driver (adp94xx)
It says if I have a driver disk, hit F2. The problem is that I don't have a driver disk.
The manual tells me to visit [url]for drivers, but it's not offline. When I go to the download section for the card [url]the only *nix option, is SuSE.
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