MCA Server 520 O/S? Hints?
shinguz
Debian Woody does not like the 2.73 firmware on the DAC960, it
just hangs, the dratted thing does not even boot to the
installer. As the DAC has the single chip firmware, I cannot go
to 3.5x without downloading physical chips.
FreeBSD and NetBSD seem to support smp but I have not been able
to find anything definite for the MCA 520. Smp is supposedly
supported on all kinds of late-model gizmos, even a few IBM's.
SCO Open Server 5.0.4 is also present, and according to IBM it
should be supported. I have no idea if SCO would be able to use
gnu-stuff either straight from the box or compiled specially for
SCO.
How about Solaris? Sun does not want me to run Solaris 2.6, all
they have available is not capable of understanding MCA. Solaris
2.6 cd's, anyone? Even d/l'd images would suffice....
OS/2 could be one solution even if I'd like to go unix on this
one. I have both Warp3 and 4 here, does either of them support
networking straight out of the box? How about smp?
The last one on the "shortlist" is obviously either NT 3.51 or
4.0. I'd like to leave them out for obvious reasons...
Does anyone out there have a Mylex DAC960 with firmware 2.73
running linux and if so, how? Maybe someone has a BSD-chewing 520
running on both cpu's
Did I miss something that supports the DAC and smp on this
platform, if I did, please tell me. Especially where to get it ;)
--
Hit reply to get lost in cyberspace, the real address is shinguz
<at> phreaker <dot> net
Posted with an IBM 9545-cex
mr.e
> Hints appreciated.
>
>the DAC960, it
> just hangs, ...
just an idea but maybe the route of least resistance is to replace the
DAC with something that linux likes
Pete Backhouse
> How about Solaris? Sun does not want me to run Solaris 2.6, all
> they have available is not capable of understanding MCA. Solaris
> 2.6 cd's, anyone? Even d/l'd images would suffice....
that i can do!
should find it all at: ftp.ps-2.org
in ibm-ps2/solaris-2.6-mca
pete
Pete Backhouse
PS/2 Archive: www.ps-2.org
Server 500, Server 520, PC 750 x3, Mod95 x8, Mod85, 577, 9576i x3, 9590, PS/2E,
P70, 8580-486, 8580, 8560, 700C slc2, 9557slc3, 9556slc3/slc2. L40sx, 8533, 8556slc
---------------------------------------------------------
posted via the ps/2 usenet archive at http://www.ps-2.org
Heinz Rath
According to this page
http://www.dandelion.com/Linux/DAC960.html
The DAC960 with 2.73 should work. Maybe that someone on the
mailing list there could help you to get it to work ?
With nice greetings
Heinz
"shinguz" <dev...@punkass.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:av85cb$cuvt6$1...@ID-163445.news.dfncis.de...
Pete Backhouse
> According to this page
> http://www.dandelion.com/Linux/DAC960.html
> The DAC960 with 2.73 should work. Maybe that someone on the
> mailing list there could help you to get it to work ?
not sure it's been tried with mca though. since the dac960 driver obviously doesn't use linux's sg interface - would probably require some coding to work on mca.
Kevin Bowling
"mr.e" <an...@rogers.com> wrote in message
news:3E17BFC4...@rogers.com...
e Bay.
Pete Backhouse
> The ServRAID wins my vote here... genuine IBM and about $10 to pick up on
> e Bay.
i have a ServeRAID 3H adapter in my Server 520. absolutely fantastic adapter. has three channels (LVD) though i'm only using one of them at the moment. not as good as IBM's SSA but still pretty cool... :-)
i only have two hot swap bays in my machine at the moment too. anyone want to sell me another? or another for a Server 500? i only have one in that.
shinguz
replace the
> DAC with something that linux likes
You're right. Just that for some reason any scsi adapter costs an
arm and a leg over here. Besides, I am stubborn and I like the
computers to have all the original hardware operating if at all
possible. Some exceptions are allowed in case of balky Mwave
dsp's with linux or simple upgrades.
I don't *need* hardware raid, I just *want* to have it. Nice on a
"desktop" computer. Linux is out for now, I took a peek at the
DAC960.c and it has a firmware checker. 3.51 minimum. Hacking the
driver will have to wait for me to start speaking C a bit better
than just "Hello, world".
The easiest route (cheapest at least) for me would possibly be to
download the few driver floppies for SCO from the IBM site and
just install SCO Openserver. The SCO box is sitting on my desk at
the moment and even comes with all kinds of books. We'll see if I
have the nerve to open the shrinkwrap on the cd...
The Solaris is tempting, I'm trying to figure out which of the
umpteen files would make a nice starting point for a cd. Probably
the biggest one, it kinda has that air. Can the stuff off the
website be installed on non-mca machines? I don't seem to find
any non-mca installation disks unless they are as images on the
cd image.
FreeBSD also has some nice isos on ftp, they could very well end
up on my computer.
As soon as I get home I'll start the downloadfest. Doing
downloads of any size on a 56k gprs is painful, the best I get is
about 5k/sec. This Thinkpad doesn't have the drivespace nor the
cd-burner for that matter. Fortunately having dsl at home helps a
bit.
Whatever I am going to run on the 520, I'm still going to
download the Solaris before it just disappears.
shinguz
Pete Backhouse
> Whatever I am going to run on the 520, I'm still going to
> download the Solaris before it just disappears.
if you're referring to my copy at ftp.ps-2.org it won't disappear! it used to be online as namecube.dynu.com and although never actually went offline - i didn't realise that dynu.com changed the way that they did port forwarding - it used to be just to your ip.
it also contains my aix archive and ibm rt stuff.
shinguz
disappear!
I'm just a bit paranoid ;) Seen too many of those "I have
winduhs on my site" disappearances... Sun is not as draconian as
M$, that has to be admitted.
Don't worry, you'll get some traffic in a few days time when I
get back home and boot up my ftp-leecher/cd-burner.
Pete Backhouse
> Out of curiosity, what are you running on your 520, Pete?
Mandrake Linux 8.0-ish. personally i prefer slackware, but it came with a boot floppy that worked with the ServeRAID so i went with it.
for more info on my machines take a look at:
http://www.ps-2.org/home/site/axis/Network
shinguz
There's a long way for me to go to achieve that. I'm talking all
these tricks with cron that you have on your site. Cool.
I take it that the ServeRAID is something totally different from
the DAC960P that is lurking in my 520. My typical luck, I find
something neat at the local recycler, get a hernia dragging it
home and find out that installing whatever it is that I want the
computer to run is either impossible or forbidden. Hrrmpph.
Fortunately there is no must involved getting the computer
running, I can take all the time in the world to get it done.
I'll do the downloadfest first, then I'll start installing
software, bang my head on the mousepad, install some more and
eventually I have a running 520 and a headache.
Laust Brock-Nannestad
> I don't *need* hardware raid, I just *want* to have it. Nice on a
> "desktop" computer. Linux is out for now, I took a peek at the
> DAC960.c and it has a firmware checker. 3.51 minimum. Hacking the
> driver will have to wait for me to start speaking C a bit better
> than just "Hello, world".
Either you didn't look in the right place, or you're looking at an
outdated version of the driver. The latest version available on the
home page has the following snippet of code:
sprintf(Controller->FirmwareVersion, "%d.%02d-%c-%02d",
Enquiry2.FirmwareID.MajorVersion, Enquiry2.FirmwareID.MinorVersion,
Enquiry2.FirmwareID.FirmwareType, Enquiry2.FirmwareID.TurnID);
if (!((Controller->FirmwareVersion[0] == '5' &&
strcmp(Controller->FirmwareVersion, "5.06") >= 0) ||
(Controller->FirmwareVersion[0] == '4' &&
strcmp(Controller->FirmwareVersion, "4.06") >= 0) ||
(Controller->FirmwareVersion[0] == '3' &&
strcmp(Controller->FirmwareVersion, "3.51") >= 0) ||
(Controller->FirmwareVersion[0] == '2' &&
strcmp(Controller->FirmwareVersion, "2.73") >= 0)))
{
... error handling here ...
As you can see, it also accepts 2.73.
If your version doesn't have that, replace it ;-)
> The Solaris is tempting, I'm trying to figure out which of the
> umpteen files would make a nice starting point for a cd. Probably
> the biggest one, it kinda has that air. Can the stuff off the
> website be installed on non-mca machines? I don't seem to find
> any non-mca installation disks unless they are as images on the
> cd image.
Good luck with Solaris. You'll find it has extremely rudimentary
DAC960 support (no error feedback in the logs if a drive dies for
example. No tools to rebuild the array from the OS). If you use it
as a desktop machine (on and off every day) that might not be a
problem, however.
Also, I'm curious to hear if you can get it to boot with more than
64MB RAM in the machine. I can't (it panics). This was on a 95A,
though...
Hmm. maybe you should just go with SCO and let us know how it works ;-)
Regards,
Laust
shinguz
> strcmp(Controller->FirmwareVersion, "2.73") >= 0)))
> {
Thanks, Laust! I'm lucky to have such friends on the net!
I don't even have to look at the source that I have here, I can
still see the gloating lines. The driver that is on the Debian
3.0r0 does not have that line, it just stops at the previous
line, the one with 3.51 on it! Now let's see if I can get the
show on the road.
Download drivers, patch kernel, compile, install on rescue
disk.... This will take both time and reading. Reading howtos and
manpages, time for my Prosignia 486 to compile. It'll get done
eventually. Let the hacking commence.
May the Source be with you, Laust.
Kevin Bowling
> The easiest route (cheapest at least) for me would possibly be to
> download the few driver floppies for SCO from the IBM site and
> just install SCO Openserver. The SCO box is sitting on my desk at
> the moment and even comes with all kinds of books. We'll see if I
> have the nerve to open the shrinkwrap on the cd...
Do you have means to make me copies of the SCO disc set? I'd be willing
to trade you with copies of the Slowlaris I386 media set if interested.
Thanks,
Kevin
Kevin Bowling
boot floppy that worked with the ServeRAID so i went with it.
>
> for more info on my machines take a look at:
>
> http://www.ps-2.org/home/site/axis/Network
Slackware now has out of box support for the ServeRAID series (has for a
while). If cd-booting, load the raid.s kernal and it should work. I've
also noticed some distros refer to the ServeRAID as ips.
Kevin
Kevin Bowling
> these tricks with cron that you have on your site. Cool.
I must admit too, there is a lot of cool under the hood stuff that you
have going on on your site ;-).
> I take it that the ServeRAID is something totally different from
> the DAC960P that is lurking in my 520.
The ServeRAID go for about $10 USD on US e Bay if you can get a seller who
will ship internationaly.
Kevin
Kevin Bowling
> winduhs on my site" disappearances... Sun is not as draconian as
> M$, that has to be admitted.
disappear any time soon ;-). I need to get a hold of the MCA boot disc and
archive that however. If anyone wants to do some OS-swapping, feel free to
mail me. I'd like to experiment with some diffrent OSes besides Linux and
Windows on my PS/2s and klones.
Kevin
Pete Backhouse
> Slackware now has out of box support for the ServeRAID series (has for a
> while). If cd-booting, load the raid.s kernal and it should work. I've
> also noticed some distros refer to the ServeRAID as ips.
when i tried i couldn't find a boot floppy to support the serveraid and some other 'thing' about the machine - can't remember. i was using slackware 9.0. the 520 wouldn't cd-boot.
Pete Backhouse
> I've got a boxed copy of Solaris 2.6 I386, and I don't think I'm going to
> disappear any time soon ;-). I need to get a hold of the MCA boot disc and
in ftp.ps-2.org/ibm-ps2/solaris-2.6-mca/install there's three files:
boot_MCA_2.6598
boot_MCA_2.6FCS
DCAMCA.dat
not sure what the difference is.
Pete Backhouse
> I must admit too, there is a lot of cool under the hood stuff that you
> have going on on your site ;-).
cheers! pretty much all of the site is powered by a wiki-like thing i wrote which lets me edit it form the web. a bit easier keeping it up to date that way. have a look at:
http://www.purpletartan.com/home/site/default/Perl/Wikish
of course the usenet archive is also written in perl!
Laust Brock-Nannestad
> I've got a boxed copy of Solaris 2.6 I386, and I don't think I'm going to
> disappear any time soon ;-). I need to get a hold of the MCA boot disc and
> archive that however. If anyone wants to do some OS-swapping, feel free to
> mail me. I'd like to experiment with some diffrent OSes besides Linux and
> Windows on my PS/2s and klones.
I think SCO Unix would be an excellent addition to Pete's archive (hint
hint ;-)
Regards,
Laust
shinguz
archive (hint
> hint ;-)
>
Hint taken ;) I have already mailed Kevin with some details.
I'll just check that we *both* can still use the O/S. SCO wants
all users to register and receive some kind of unlocking code
AFAIK and I don't want to be in a situation where only one of us
is able to actually run the software. I'll have to read the
license and maybe do a couple of quick-and-dirty installs on
scratch monkeys just to be sure. Not that big of a problem.
Most of that will be done while waiting for the Prosignia to
churn out a new kernel for the Debian installer, I'll get to the
cd-burning right after the 520 is up.
Pete Backhouse
> I think SCO Unix would be an excellent addition to Pete's archive (hint
> hint ;-)
i'd certainly have no problem with that!
Stephen Howard
"Pete Backhouse" <pe...@ps-2.org_NO_SPAM_> wrote in message
news:3e19d525$0$167$65c6...@mercury.nildram.net...
> Laust Brock-Nannestad wrote:
>
> > I think SCO Unix would be an excellent addition to Pete's archive (hint
> > hint ;-)
>
> i'd certainly have no problem with that!
>
I've got full install cd's and boot floppies (somewhere!) for SCO OpenServer
5 and also a couple of versions of SCO UnixWare, I know one is v7, the other
is an earlier release. I know that OpenServer works on MCA, I had it
installed on a 500 several years back at work.
If anyone is interested (and has the webspace), I can.... (you know!)
Cheers,
Steve
shinguz
Pete Backhouse
> If anyone is interested (and has the webspace), I can.... (you know!)
yes pleeease!
pete
Kevin Bowling
"Stephen Howard" <use...@unixuk.co.uk> wrote in message
news:5rlcva...@sparc.internal.broadside.org.uk...
> I've got full install cd's and boot floppies (somewhere!) for SCO
OpenServer
> 5 and also a couple of versions of SCO UnixWare, I know one is v7, the
other
> is an earlier release. I know that OpenServer works on MCA, I had it
> installed on a 500 several years back at work.
>
> If anyone is interested (and has the webspace), I can.... (you know!)
I've got a nice dedicated PC Server 330 running on a cable connection =).
Please check your mail.
> Cheers,
>
> Steve
Kevin
Kevin Bowling
> I think SCO Unix would be an excellent addition to Pete's archive (hint
> hint ;-)
I'm thinking of setting up a legacy OS archive. Does anyone have any
experiance with those Compaq OEM disc sets (do they work, useable, etc.)?
Kevin
shinguz
have any
> experiance with those Compaq OEM disc sets (do they work,
useable, etc.)?
There's one Prosignia without any o/s here right now. I've also
seen a nice Compaq binder with a lot of cd's and a floppy right
next to the server.
Once I get the 520 up, I have a strange feeling that I will try
to install something off the Compaq binder. There's OS/2 warp 4
smp, SCO and some weird stuff for NT. I also have original Compaq
NT 3.51 server cd's without the darn floppy, lets see if anything
would work on a Compaq.
I'll paq up for now and try to catch some z's, back to hacking
tomorrow.
Jim Shorney
>
> > I'm thinking of setting up a legacy OS archive. Does anyone
> have any
> > experiance with those Compaq OEM disc sets (do they work,
> useable, etc.)?
>
> There's one Prosignia without any o/s here right now. I've also
> seen a nice Compaq binder with a lot of cd's and a floppy right
> next to the server.
>
> Once I get the 520 up, I have a strange feeling that I will try
> to install something off the Compaq binder. There's OS/2 warp 4
> smp, SCO and some weird stuff for NT. I also have original Compaq
> NT 3.51 server cd's without the darn floppy, lets see if anything
> would work on a Compaq.
My experience with the Compaq server CD sets is that you have to phone
home with proof of purchase for your OS of choice, and get an install
key from Compaq.
-----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =-----
http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World!
-----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =-----
Stephen Howard
"Pete Backhouse" <pe...@ps-2.org_NO_SPAM_> wrote in message
> "Stephen Howard" wrote:
>
> > If anyone is interested (and has the webspace), I can.... (you know!)
>
> yes pleeease!
>
When I find it, I'll let you know :-)
However, it appears SCO (now owned by Caldera) have stopped giving away free
non-commercial licenses for both OpenServer and UnixWare (well, I couldn't
see it on their website). This could be a bit of a show-stopper because
without a valid code the software won't install...
Cheers,
Steve
J. Clarke
use...@unixuk.co.uk says...
FWIW, I found somewhere on their site that they had discontinued this
practice because of excessive abuse by commercial users.
Incidentally, I suspect that machine would run Netware 3 just fine.
Don't recall whether 4 has Microchannel support or not--it was gone in
5.
--
--
--John
Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net
(used to be jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
Hannes Hromadka
> Hints appreciated.
> Debian Woody does not like the 2.73 firmware on the DAC960, it
You need the latest driver, this supports 2.73. Is your card MCA
or PCI ?
MCA could be a problem.
> How about Solaris? Sun does not want me to run Solaris 2.6, all
> they have available is not capable of understanding MCA. Solaris
Solaris 2.6 was the last one supporting MCA
Solaris 2.7 was the last supporting EISA ( I have a 320 EISA/PCI)
> 2.6 cd's, anyone? Even d/l'd images would suffice....
e-Bay ?
> OS/2 could be one solution even if I'd like to go unix on this
> one. I have both Warp3 and 4 here, does either of them support
> networking straight out of the box? How about smp?
All OS/2 versions >= 2.0 run fine on MCA/EISA/PCI DAC960
controllers.
For Networking you need Warp 3 Connect, Warp 4, or eCS
smp was/is supported in the Server versions of OS/2. I run WSeB on
one of my 320.
> Does anyone out there have a Mylex DAC960 with firmware 2.73
> running linux and if so, how? Maybe someone has a BSD-chewing 520
Not yet, I plan to replace Sol 7 on my 2nd 320 with Debian woody.
Just need some free time 8-(((
Ciao, Hannes
--
Johannes Hromadka | Email Office: HromadkaJ at gmx.at
| Home : Johannes.Hromadka at gmx.net
Vienna/Austria/Europe | OECC: http://www.oecc.org/
>>> Rust never sleeps (borrowed from Neil YOUNG) <<<
Pete Backhouse
> > 2.6 cd's, anyone? Even d/l'd images would suffice....
you can grab everything from ftp.ps-2.org
pete
Pete Backhouse
PS/2 Archive: www.ps-2.org
Server 500, Server 520, PC 750 x3, Mod95 x8, Mod85, 577, 9576i x3, 9590, PS/2E,
P70, 8580-486, 8580, 8560, 700C slc2, 9557slc3, 9556slc3/slc2. L40sx, 8533, 8556slc
shinguz
"Hannes Hromadka" <JH...@web.de> wrote in message
news:slrnb20pq...@760el.hw.oecc.org...
> On Sun, 5 Jan 2003 04:27:41 +0200, shinguz wrote:
> > Hints appreciated.
>
> > Debian Woody does not like the 2.73 firmware on the DAC960,
it
> You need the latest driver, this supports 2.73. Is your card
MCA
> or PCI ?
> MCA could be a problem.
>
> > How about Solaris? Sun does not want me to run Solaris 2.6,
all
> > they have available is not capable of understanding MCA.
Solaris
>
> Solaris 2.6 was the last one supporting MCA
> Solaris 2.7 was the last supporting EISA ( I have a 320
EISA/PCI)
>
The DAC on my 520 is the PCI variant. No luck so far, I will try
to get it exchanged for a Serveraid tomorrow. The driver just
gives the copyright messages at boot then the computer hangs. Go
figure.
Now that I'm at my ADSL, there will be some serious downloading
for the following few days. Some SCO uploading will also take
place...