I recently built a new machine using Fedora Core 5, with a DPT (now adaptec) PM1564U3 Smart RAID controller card. I checked around ( http://i2o.shadowconnect.com/ ) and the card is supported, I even saw this (http://i2o.shadowconnect.com/faq.php#i2o_scsi); it does not apply. Better still both the installer and rescue CD boot, find the controller card (complain about IRQ 9 where the RAID card is) and continue on loading 'i2o_block'. When my installed copy of FC5 tries to boot, initrd always dies at 'i2o_block' ... I have edited my initrd so the computer boots, yet I still can not get FC5 to recognize the card. Kernel version : 2.6.16-1.2133_FC5smp ; fails with same error on 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 ** SNIP ** # tail -f /var/log/messages &; modprobe i2o_block Jun 15 13:24:38 atlas kernel: I2O Block Device OSM v1.325 Jun 15 13:24:38 atlas kernel: block-osm: registered device at major 80 # ; this term is now hung good and /dev/i2o does not exist ** SNIP ** Yet here is the output from the RescueCD, ** SNIP ** # dmesg ... I2O subsystem v1.325 i2o: max drivers = 8 i2o: Checking for PCI I2O controllers... ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:09.1[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 iop0: controller found (0000:00:09.1) iop0: PCI I2O controller at E8000000 size=1048576 iop0: Installed at IRQ 17 i2o: iop0: Activating I2O controller... i2o: iop0: This may take a few minutes if there are many devices iop0: HRT has 0 entries of 16 bytes each. i2o: iop0: Controller added I2O Block Device OSM v1.325 block-osm: registered device at major 80 i2o/hda: i2o/hda1 block-osm: device added (TID: 20e): i2o/hda ... # fdisk -l /dev/hda /dev/i2o/hda Disk /dev/i2o/hda: 91.8 GB, 91860500480 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 11168 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/i2o/hda1 * 1 11168 89706928+ 8e Linux LVM Disk /dev/hda: 20.0 GB, 20020396032 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2434 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 1155 9277506 83 Linux /dev/hda2 1156 1808 5245222+ 83 Linux /dev/hda3 1809 2115 2465977+ 83 Linux /dev/hda4 2116 2434 2562367+ 5 Extended /dev/hda5 2116 2421 2457913+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris ** SNIP **
