Installer does not detect the 3Ware Escalade 9550SX SATA II RAID controller.
The 3w-9xxx driver in the stock SuSE 9.3 install kernel does not support this controller.
ASL provides a driver disk and source rpm for the 3Ware Escalade 9550SX RAID controller. To re-install the system, please follow these instructions:
# mount /media/cdrecorder # dd if=/media/cdrecorder/SuSE/9.3/x86_64/3w-9xxx-9.3.0-2.6.11.4-20a.img of=/dev/fd0 # umount /media/cdrecorder
If an online update is performed, the kernel will be upgraded by default. Before rebooting into the new kernel, the 3Ware 3w-9xxx RAID driver must be rebuilt with the steps below. Failure to perform this step will result in an unbootable system:
# mount /dev/cdrecorder /media/cdrecorder # rpm -ivh /media/cdrecorder/SuSE/9.3/3w-9xxx2.6-9.3.0-2.6.11.4-1.src.rpm # cd /usr/src/packages/SPECS # /media/cdrecorder/SuSE/9.3/suse93driver.sh 3w-9xxx2.6 # umount /media/cdrecorder
If the system no longer boots because these steps above are not performed, use the following procedure to correct the problem.
# mkdir /mnt/suse # mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/suse # chroot /mnt/suse
# mount /dev/cdrecorder /media/cdrecorder # rpm -ivh /media/cdrecorder/SuSE/9.3/3w-9xxx2.6-9.3.0-2.6.11.4-1.src.rpm # cd /usr/src/packages/SPECS # /media/cdrecorder/SuSE/9.3/suse93driver.sh 3w-9xxx2.6 # umount /media/cdrecorder
# exit # umount /mnt/suse # reboot
Note: For systems with a DVD recorder, replace 'cdrecorder' with 'dvdrecorder'