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3Ware 9650 SE & Etch: How to prevent the driver from being upgraded?

From: Philippe Lang <philippe.lang(at)attiksystem.ch>
Date: Thu Dec 27 2007 - 09:07:41 EST

Hi,

3Ware raid card 9650 SE is unfortunately not directly supported by Debian Etch. In order to be able to install Debian Etch, you need a special installer disk image provided by 3Ware:

http://www.3ware.com/KB/article.aspx?id=15012

It works fine, but there is one problem: after an "apt-get update" and "apt-get upgrade", kernel is replaced by a version that does not support the raid card. And the server does not boot anymore, of course.

The kernel module needed can of course be compiled and installed by hand ("cp 3w-9xxx.ko /lib/modules/2.6.18-5-amd64/kernel/drivers/scsi/" worked for me), but the risk you end-up with an unbootable system is high, and I'd like to avoid that.

Is there a way to prevent the 3ware driver from being upgraded when kernel 2.6.18.5-amd64 is upgraded, in the future? Or to automate the compilation and installation of the latest 3ware driver?

Thanks!

Philippe Received on Thu Dec 27 09:35:27 2007

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