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Sarge can't see the RAID Array with Adaptec 2100SLP controller

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I am trying to install the current Sarge on a Tyan dual AMD Athlon processor board with an Adaptec 2130SLP card... Unix installs fine with HBA disk, but I can't figure how to get the installer for Sarge to see the Array.
I tried installing UnixWare 7.1.3 on the Array -- worked fine... But, when I try to get Sarge to install it can't find any drives to partion!
I downloaded the driver archive from Adaptec, and found none for Debian... Figured I could use RH or SUSE, but can't get drivers to load...

I then tried the Installation Guide's 5.1.2 "Booting From Linux using LILO or GRUB" suggestions, and after tinkering a bit, was able to get the kernel to boot, the ramdisk to mount...

Then NO JOY!
"No partionable media were found. Please check that a hard disk is attached to this machine."
That is how I booted into the install!!! OFF THE HARD DRIVE that Sarge can not see...

Anybody made one of these RAID Controllers work with Sarge? Care to share how you did it?

I tried "etch" and it found the Array and installed fine, but I need a stable release as this is going to be a server in an office... must I wait until December for "Etch" to become stable?

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Did you try...

Submitted by pinniped on Sat, 2006-10-21 17:01.

Booting with 'linux26' instead of just pressing 'enter'? You have a better chance of having a driver if you use the 2.6 kernel. If that still doesn't work then see if you can:

1. Boot from a Live CD
2. See if the Live CD version finds your controller and a driver. (The Live CDs usually have a much newer kernel than the last Debian stable release.)
3. List the PCI devices and their IDs:
lspci -v
lspci -n

With the PCI IDs (and we need the -v output to match names to IDs) we can easily check if there is a driver.

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I will try this weekend...

Submitted by w4kh on Mon, 2006-10-23 13:45.

Thanks for the suggestions... I will try this coming weekend when I can get access to the machine again... and will report in with results

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I tried part...

Submitted by w4kh on Mon, 2006-11-06 10:45.

I finally had time and energy to chase this again... to recap, "Etch" works fine, but still in test mode; "Sarge" fails to see the Array (RAID 5, on the Adaptec 2100SLP Controller)...

I tried to load from the 31r3 DVD using the "linux26expert" selection, and got to the "No partionable media were found. Please check that a hard disk is attached to this machine." message...

I suppose I could have tried loading the 2.6 kernel onto the hard drive partioned by "Etch" and try the hard drive boot install that way... Just because it didn't work before from a SUSE install doesn't mean Etch/Sarge wouldn't work?

May not be able to try that for a few days since I have to load Unix on a server for a customer and do a seamless upgrade...

I will also try the "Live CD" approach and post the PCI settings as requested

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