No /dev/cciss

[Brian]

On Fri 05 Mar 2010 at 13:46:46 +0200, Chris du Preez wrote:

> I have upgraded my workstation to Ubuntu 9.10 server with 2.6.31-20-server 
> kernel. I have a HP Smart Array 642 card in my machine. The kernel doesn't 
> pick up the card anymore, there is no /dev/cciss directory with the device 
> files for my hard drives connected to this card. I would appreciate it if 
> someone can tell me what to do or where to read in order to rectify this 
> problem.

To determine if the cciss module is loaded:

   lsmod | grep cciss

To load the cciss module:

   sudo modprobe -v cciss

Check whether /dev/cciss is created.