> I would be _very_ grateful if any of you could advise me on hardware that is
> very definately supported and working robustly. (Thinking of using RH5.2 and
> maybe putting a 2.4 kernel on). I'm looking for bits that Linux will happily
> work with without any extra downloading/compiling etc (ie. during first
> install)
You might consider just ordering a full server with linux preinstalled and
working on HW RAID. VA Research has such systems available.
I am running software raid on a va research system and am very satisfied.
Chris