Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2810 mails)

["Andrew Joakimsen" <joakimsen@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 09:48, PaPa NoeL <elpapanoelfr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm trying to work out this raid card Adaptec 1430SA under OpenSuse.
> I know it's fake raid, but I'm not to keen on buying a new 3Ware card
> or a HighPoint (provided they are compatible).

I thought HighPoint were all fake RAID? I know for some HighPoint
cards the driver is on the install DVD but you have to manually load
it, not sure if that's a bug or a feature. You might want to do
"modprobe DRIVER_NAME" when you boot the install disc and see if it is
there already. You can get an Adaptec 2410SA or 2610SA for about 50
bucks. Nothing to write home in terms of performance, but it's real
RAID and it works with openSUSE with no fuss.

> I have tried to compile the binary driver from Adaptec's web site with
> no success. Furthermore, my installation should take place directly on
> the RAID array.
>
> What I was wondering is:
> 1- is it really possible to compile this driver? (has anybody already
> done it? google told me "not really")

Anything is possible, after all it is just lines of code.

> 2- is then possible to make a driver disk? (linux dd)

Why not?

> 3- Will I have to rebuild the driver for each kernel upgrade?

Yes

> 4- Can someone nice provide me a pre-built driver? ^^

You  might be able to set that up yourself using the openSUSE build service.
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