[Fwd: NWFS 2.2 question...]

From: Jeff V. Merkey (jmerkey@timpanogas.com)
Date: Wed Aug 23 2000 - 14:25:40 EST


 

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"Jeff V. Merkey" wrote:
>
> Obviously, the symbolic handle names they advertise for the disk
> controller are incorrect. Who out there owns the SMART2 Driver for
> Linux? We need some help opening drives on it from userspace. The file
> globals.c has an array of these names. Please advise.
>
> Jeff
>
> ascott@humana.com wrote:
> >
> > I've pulled down the NWFS opensource stuff. It compiled just fine. I'm
> > trying to get this running on a RedHat 6.2 system with over 130GB of
> > attached storage. We need something other than ext2 for this box (it'll be
> > dealing with files larger than 2GB). The only problem I'm getting is it
> > won't identify my disk drives. NWDISK sees md0 - md14 (to which have
> > nothing attached). My stuff is all hanging off of a Compaq 3200 controller
> > (/dev/ida/c0dX). I checked through the globals.h file and found a def for
> > a Compaq SMART-2 controller, which the 3200 is compatible with, but it made
> > no difference. I'm not a kernel programmer, so sloshing through the source
> > code to find how it scans for drives and fixing it myself would take years.
> > If you can point me in the right direction, I'd appreciate it a ton.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > andrew scott
> > Senior Network Systems Analyst
> > Humana Inc.
> > Louisville, KY
> > 502-580-2783
> > 502-580-3373 fax

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