as i know 3ware adapters are supported by the linux kernel... i don't know 
the kernel config of a livecd, and also i don't know if kernel modules are 
available on a livecd... but what you could do is to compile the same kernel 
the livecd uses somewhere else (or in a chrooted environment) and change 
the kernel configs to compile 3ware support in a module and try to 'modprobe' 
this module in the booted livecd system to get the 3ware-support... 
 
martin 
 
 
Zitat von Matt McKenzie- eRacks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: 
 
> Hello group- 
>  
> I am trying to install Gentoo 1.4 from the x86 LiveCD. 
> I have a Pentium 4 2.66ghz system, 1GB RAM, with a 3ware Escalade  
> 7500-4port IDE RAID card. 
> Is there any way to get the 3w-xxx driver on here? 
> I would prefer to not have to install gentoo in a chroot on another  
> system, and tftpboot, or anything like that, if at all possible. 
>  
> I have searched the forums, but all I can find are references to things  
> such as "3ware cards are well supported in Linux" etc. 
> But how do you install Gentoo with a 3ware card if there is no driver  
> included?  
> The 1.4 LiveCD uses a weird kernel-2.4.21-gss, (which I can't find in  
> the distfiles btw, except for patch-2.4.21-pre8-gss) so how do I compile  
> the module to work with the installer?  Can I download a "stock" 2.4.21  
> kernel, and apply all the patches in the patch-2.4.21-pre-gss, and it  
> will work with the LiveCD kernel? 
> I have installed RedHat, Mandrake, etc with 3ware cards before with no  
> problem, as well as *BSD. 
> I have only installed Gentoo a few times now however, and not yet with  
> 3ware cards. 
>  
> Any help appreciated.  TIA. 
>  
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