Compaq Smart Array & RH6.1

[Louis Fung]

hi, all   Hardware RAID help, please. Thanks.   I have a Compaq ProLiant 2500 Server using 2x PPro200mhz, 128MB RAM, Compaq SmartArray 2/E EISA Card with 2x 4.3G and 1x 2.0G HotSwappable HD. but I cannot install RedHat 6.1 or SuSE 6.2, they both cannot see my Smart 2/E. Under RedHat 6.1, I tried to use "Expert" installation mode, and select SCSI, then select "Compaq Array", give it parameter 0xC8000, machine just stay there... same under SuSE 6.2, choose Kernel Driver, and load Compaq Array, giving 0xC8000, just stay there... or else, if I don't mention "Compaq Array", they both cannot see any of my HD.   Anyone experience with this Compaq SmartArray?   I read the 2.2.12 kernel source document, it said I need to recompile the kernel with "patch"?! does anyone know do I need that patch? but how can I patch it if I cannot install it?   I had good experience with Software-RAID on both different machine. this is the first machine that I had a hardware-RAID controller.   any suggestion will be appreicated. Thank you for your time.   Louis