Well, I just found out that the AC kernel has support for the HPT370 RAID
drivers that come with my ABit motherboard. Good. I've been waiting for
this. Now, however, I have a question.
I'd like to install this on my system, but I've got a big question/doubt.
Basically, I need to recompile my kernel to add in support for this. Which
means either a install Linux to another, non-RAID disk, and compile the
kernel, or I install Linux to the RAID'ed disk (which will look 1/2 size
until the RAID support is added), then compile the kernel.
In the former, it seems like it will be a *big* PITA installing Linux, as
I'm guessing I'd have to modify the installation kernel in order for it to
see the RAID'ed disks properly. In the latter, it sounds like I'd have the
entire Linux distribution installed on one disk, limiting the performance
enhancements of the level 0 striping. In either case, I'm wondering about
the efficacy of such a thing. Does RedHat's installer use an AC kernel? If
so, I suppose I could install RedHat, as the HPT370 drivers are included
with the AC kernel.
Does anyone have any experiences with getting HPT370 drivers installed?
This is a royal PITA. The HPT370 is definitely *not* hardware RAID, as I've
become painfully aware since I bought this machine. In fact, this has
almost made me want to scrap Linux and go with W2k only. OK, maybe I'm not
willing to do that, but it's damn frustrating. If only Linux would accept
more of Andy Cox's kernel patches... -sigh-
Thanks!
-dan
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