Custom install CD

arpad · Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 10:52 am Post subject: Custom install CD

Hi!

I have an LSI Logic / Symbios Logic SAS1068 PCI-X Fusion-MPT SAS (rev 02) device. The kernel on the 2007.0 minimal install CD don't support this hardware. I want to replace the kernel on this disc to a newer one. Is there any HOW-TO or documentation about this? Or is there anyobdy who already made this?

Thanks for any help!

Arpad

snakehsu · n00b Joined: 06 Oct 2007 Posts: 10

You'll probably only need a mptsas module compiled for your Live CD kernel.

But if it is not included in the pre-compiled kernel on your Live CD, which is very likely, you can

a) get another distro's Live CD/DVD that has the module compiled;
b) Get a LiveDVD (such as Sabayon's) with kernel header files, which take space and are usually absent from Live CDs;
or c) Install the system on a disk supported by the minimum install CD, boot to the new system;

then, for installation, compile a new kernel with mptsas support built in instead of as a module ((*) in

arpad · Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 3:02 pm Post subject:

Thanks.

The problem was something else. The server doesn't have RAID activation key, so the RAID controller was cloaked from the OS (the BIOS changed the PCI ID to an unknown one). After I turned off RAID in the BIOS the 2007.0 install disc detected the HW.

Thanks, for your help again. I searched the link you gave me for a long time ago, for another reasons.