Re: [Udpcast] problem with SAS modules

eixam.ma1@upc.edu wrote:

Hi,

I'm trying to get udpcast to work via PXE with our machines.

Our SEAGATE ST973402SS (SAS) harddisks are not detected automatically by the udpcast linux kernel, which I downloaded from

    http://udpcast.linux.lu/20070622/linux

F rom the output of dmesg,

    SCSI subsystem initialized
    Fusion MPT base driver 3.04.01
    Copyright (c) 1999-2005 LSI Logic Corporation

and the output of lsmod, I am guessing that the right module for the HD is 'mptsas'.

Hence, I guess I need to compile a kernel for udpcast. I read in your website that one should use your boot image generator. However, this tool is only distributed as a RPM binary. When using Debian's 'alien' tool to convert the RPM to a .deb package, I get:

    dpkg-gencontrol: error: current build architecture amd64 does not
    appear in package's list (i386)

which makes sense, since our arch is amd64.

What's the most intelligent way to go from here? Should I get a hold of the sources for udpcast-mkimage-20070622-1.i586.rpm to build udpcast-mkimage myself? Where are the sources available?

Is there an easier way to go about all this?

Thanks a lot, /P

There is now (since version 20071228) also a .deb package of udpcast-mkimage (build for Kubuntu, but it should theoretically also install on plain Debian)

Regards,

Alain