On Thursday 19 July 2001 05:50, Jose wrote:
> Has anyone have any idea which if any ide raid controller works best
> with linux. i've looked at promise's website and was not impressed with
> there rh6.2/7 binary only drivers. i've read 3ware makes one that
> includes the source code, but what really want is that's allready
> included in the kernel distro. Is that wishful thinking?
3ware's code IS in the standard kernel source! And their's is the ONLY one
that is real hardware IDE raid supported in linux. Go with 3ware, it's
excellent.
> I run mdk8, say i could recompile my kernel or compile a module for my
> kernel, then what happens when it's time to upgrade? Will mdk be able to
> recognize my ide chipset to start the installation?
The installation uses its own kernel, not any you've installed.
Mordy
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Mordy Ovits
Network Engineer
Bloomberg L.P.
