Is HP's Modular Smart Array 30 compatible with Gentoo ?

destroyedlolo · Last edited by destroyedlolo on Tue Mar 20, 2012 9:43 am; edited 1 time in total

Hello,

I got a second hand HP's Modular Smart Array 30 disk bay. I'm on way as well to own a VHDCI controler (Adaptec 39320) for a PC.

Is this kind of hardware compatible with Gentoo ?
how to configure disks ? I mean, I don't care about RAID at all, I would like to see each and every disk individually.

I read conflicting thing on the internet and I duno if the disk configuration is done at the bay level (as with my old Syred one), or from the controler ...

Thanks for your tips.

windscape · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:51 pm Post subject:

Hi,

It is probably compatible. The Adaptec 39320 appears to have a driver for Linux, so that and all devices attached to it should work.

It would probably be a good idea to boot that system with the Gentoo LiveCD and get the output of lspci -k
That should tell you the modules used to drive that hardware, giving you a list of what kernel modules need to be configured when you install Gentoo.

As for how to configure the array, I'm not sure. I would start by reading any documentation you can find for that array.

destroyedlolo · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 9:42 am Post subject:

Hi,

windscape · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:33 pm Post subject:

Hi,

In that case, your only option is probably to boot that system with the Gentoo LiveCD and see how the controller and array are detected.