Unable to install Highpoint Rocket 750

[Richneerd (Richard)]

I just bought this because I saw a lot of people using this card with Rockstor OS.

I got these instructions from the web-site

Installing Highpoint Drivers on Rockstor

• Install the kernel development tools

  yum install kernel-ml-devel

• Download the driver from our website and install

  wget http://www.45drives.com/support/downloads/files/centos/R750_Linux_Src_v1.1.5_15_08_24.tar.gz
  tar -zxvf R750_Linux_Src_v1.1.5_15_08_24.tar.gz
  ./r750-linux-src-v1.1.5-15_08_24.bin

I got an error
"Failed to build driver r750 for default boot kernel 4.8.7-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64"

Anyone know how to move forward?

[phillxnet (Philip Guyton)]

@Richneerd First off welcome to the Rockstor community.

Looks like you have already found our now old thread on this card, linking for context:

Rockstor 3.8.16-4 and 45 Drives' Storinator's HighPoints Rocket 750

Hi we just bought 45 Drives’ Storinator and installed Rockstor 3.8.16-4, Rockstor comes with kernel 4.8.7-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64. The driver for the HighPoints Rocket 750 sata card only supports kernels up to 4.3 I am just wondering when an updated driver for the HighPoints’s Rocket 750 sata card will be released to match that of the latest operating system. I started following, http://rockstor.com/blog/diy-nas/rockstor-on-45-drives-aka-the-rockinator/ but it never build the r750.ko. …

Again as in that thread I think @bkelly is likely to be the most informed on this matter.

@Richneerd

I just bought this because I saw a lot of people using this card with Rockstor OS.

I’m curios where you got this impression as there is very little evidence on the forum of this, that I’ve seen anyway. Personally I think it’s always best to use hardware that is up streamed properly in the kernel driver wise and fully open source / GNU licences, otherwise this sort of thing is much more likely to happen.

Let’s hope there is still support or maybe others more up on hardware can chip in with their success on similarly capable hardware that is properly supported driver wise. It is a far from optimal arrangement if one has to install drivers manually, and for me essentially rights off that hardware.

Hopefully this thread will yield some fresh, more up to date information on this or alternative hardware.

[Richneerd (Richard)]

I reached out to some users who purchased from 45drives, they have older rockstor os to keep using their rocket 750’s.

Can I download an older version somewhere? I want to get this project going as soon as possible.

Thanks!

[Richneerd (Richard)]

Well, since I had to finish the project, I went ahead and installed Windows. Windows was able to detect the Rocket 750, see all 16 drives and make the array with Windows Storage Spaces in RAID0.

Thanks all!