No device file for HP Smart Array 642

[Tom H]

On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 3:35 AM, Chris du Preez <chris at flamengro.co.za> wrote:
>
> I have a small problem and would appreciate any help or of someone can point
> me in the right direction in order to solve my problem.
>
> I have upgraded form Ubuntu-8.04 to Ubuntu-10.10 and in the process the
> device files for my HP Smart Array is lost. I have include a line "cciss" in
> "/etc/modules" to make sure the cciss module is loaded at boot time. I have
> also put a line "cciss" in "/etc/initramfs-tools" and run "sudo
> update-initramfs -c -k $(uname -r)".
>
> The module cciss is loaded in the kernel. When I use the command "lsmod |
> grep cciss" I get "cciss 100213 0" but there are no "/dev/cciss". I have
> installed the server kernel 2.6.35-22-server.

Have you configured the BIOS to detect/use RAID? Have you configured
the array through the BIOS?