hi. i checked my gentoo linux 1.4 cd1 and i found that there is a 3ware kernel module is available! try 'modprobe 3w-xxxx'... i checked the file /proc/config (it is the current kernel-config) for the occurence "3W" and it shows that 3ware support is done via a kernel module. the name of the module is, as seen above, "3w-xxxx.o" this should help, i think... martin -- Zitat von "Ing. Martin Gauklitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Zitat von Matt McKenzie- eRacks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hello, > > > > Well part of the problem is I can't find the same kernel as the livecd > > uses. > > It is 2.4.21-gss. Looking through the livecd itself there are no kernel > > > sources. > > The distfiles directory on gentoo mirrors only has the aforementioned > > 2.4.21-pre8-gss patches tarball. I am not sure if I can use these > > patches on a kernel.org 2.4.21 kernel. > > hmm... this could be a problem i think... > > > > > Surely I can't be the first person wanting to install on a 3ware card. > > Is there no precompiled module available, on a bootdisk perhaps? > > have you checked the boot messages, if a 3ware adapter is detected during > booting of the livecd? or are you absolutly sure, that the kernel of the > livecd does not have 3ware support? > > do you know, is it possible that a 3ware is also recognized as a normal ide > > controller? if so, you can try to install on 1 hd and after the system works > > you can do an raid1 or raid5. i did it this way with an highpoint > sw-raid-controller, but under an other linux distribution. > > > martin > > -- > > > > > Thanks. > > > > Ing. Martin Gauklitz wrote: > > > > > > > >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. > > >> > > >>-- > > >>========================== > > >>Matt M > > >>eRacks Open Source Systems > > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>www.eracks.com > > >>========================== > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>-- > > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > >-- > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > > > > > > > > > > - -- > > ========================== > > Matt M > > eRacks Open Source Systems > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > www.eracks.com > > ========================== > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQE/Sqq1uYe1TAgG/noRAvGIAJ9gwsoq5ahYvLKDyh5wTt/ujk1PlwCgztnK > > jzbaVmE/JcbwMLD6M4hiGno= > > =mK3i > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list >
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