[WBEL-users] New to Whitebox. Kernel Upgrade?

[Robert Heller]

At Thu, 13 Jul 2006 17:29:04 +0200 Hermann Thomas <h.thomas at gmx.de> wrote:

> 
> Hi Robert,
> the reason is That I got this Promis FastTrak 4310 Sata Raid Controler. 
> The Driver you get at Promise
> 
> is written for that Kernel. All though I haven't tried with a newer 
> Kernel jet. It doesn’t work with the
> one coming out of the Whitebox install though. First I will try with the 
> one I can get at centos.

Does the driver come in source form?  If so, you'll need to compile it,
if you don't have the *exact* same kernel Promise built the driver
against. Be sure to get and install the kernel development package
along with the kernel itself. If it is closed source, you are basically
screwed -- you'll be stuck with whatever distro and kernel version
Promise used.  It might in fact be cheaper and easier to toss the
Promise FastTrak 4310 Sata Raid Controler and get something supported.

If the controller worked with the Suse distro you are used to, you
*might* be able to install the Suse kernel RPM on your WBL 4.x system.

> 
> I will know in a few hours when I get back to the Server.
> 
> ~Hermann
> 
> 
> Robert Heller schrieb:
> > At Thu, 13 Jul 2006 16:00:55 +0200 Hermann Thomas <h.thomas at gmx.de> wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> Hi All,
> >> I am new to whitebox because there is some software which will run 
> >> better with rat hat rather than with suse which I am use to. The problem 
> >> is the kernel. Is there any possibility to get the kernel 2.6.9-22 . 
> >> With whitebox 4 came the 2.6.9-5. How can I upgrade to Kernel 2.6.9-22?
> >>     
> >
> > I've found that almost any distro Kernel RPM will install (I've
> > installed a FC1 kernel RPM under WBL 3.0).  It should be possible to
> > grab a Fedora Core 4 or 5 kernel and install it.  Or you can get the
> > CentOS 4.x kernel RPMs -- although 2.6.9-34<mumble> is the current
> > version.  Is there some *specific* reason you specifically need 2.6.9-22?
> >  If you just need a newer one than 2.6.9-5, one that is at least as new
> > as 2.6.9-22, then one of the 2.6.9-34<mumble> kernels available at
> > http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/4/updates/i386/RPMS/ should work.
> >
> >   
> >>  
> >> Thanks if you can help out,
> >> Hermann                                           
> >>     
> >
> >   
> 
>             

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