2.6 kernels on dell servers

lightninlightnin
edited November 2004 in Science & Tech
Does anyone here have experience running a 2.6 series kernel on dell servers? I have 2.4 kernels that work very nicely, but i'd really like to switch to a 2.6. the machine i need this for is the 2850 specifically with the perc 4 raid controller and scsi hard drives. I have the configs and a 2.4 kernel running on these machines now, and i've used the same config (plus tweaks) to compile a 2.6.5 but with no luck. i've also tried 2.6.3 and 2.6.8 but with no luck there either. if anyone here has ever successfully ran a 2.6 kernel on a dell 2850 could you please maybe post your configs, or give me some tips as to how to configure it? perhaps a patch is in order?

thanks in advance.

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  • sunflowersunflower
    edited November 2004
    lightnin wrote:
    Does anyone here have experience running a 2.6 series kernel on dell servers? I have 2.4 kernels that work very nicely, but i'd really like to switch to a 2.6. the machine i need this for is the 2850 specifically with the perc 4 raid controller and scsi hard drives. I have the configs and a 2.4 kernel running on these machines now, and i've used the same config (plus tweaks) to compile a 2.6.5 but with no luck. i've also tried 2.6.3 and 2.6.8 but with no luck there either. if anyone here has ever successfully ran a 2.6 kernel on a dell 2850 could you please maybe post your configs, or give me some tips as to how to configure it? perhaps a patch is in order?

    thanks in advance.

    Hi, i have the same problem as you, but with the kerner 2.4 (2850). Can you help me? Perhaps you can send me the driver, that you took for the raid... thanks in advance.....
  • lightninlightnin
    edited November 2004
    howdy
    sorry it took so long

    use the config-2.4.26-dell config for the 2850.


    the file config-2.4.26-dell-sata.txt is for dells with sata raid. both of these configs can compile a 2.6.5 kernel that will work fine on an sata machine, but is unstable on a scsi machine. i run a 2.6.5 kernel compiled with the config-2.4.26-dell-sata on my 1750s that are sata raid with no problems. i'd suggest sticking to a 2.4.26 for the 2850s. it's a good kernel.

    just to make note, i haven't tried to compile anything above a 2.6.8 kernel for the 2850s. perhaps there's a 2.5.xx or the .9 or .10rc that would have the kinks worked out.



    I got these configs from this site :
    http://wiki.osuosl.org/display/LNX/Debian+on+Dell+Servers
    that also has a bootable iso that will save you a lot of hassle.

    what i do was install off their iso, then compile the 2.6.5 kernel, roll the kernel, modules and headers in .deb packages and apt-get install them. of course you can build like one or two kernels that fit your servers and install over a local network if you want, it's much easier to do that and use apt-get to upgrade the kernel than dl all that source code onto each machine and compile each one at a time.
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