Nathan E Norman wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 09:03:43PM +0100, Lee Elliott wrote: > > There is an option for Compaq Smart Array support when compiling > > kernels, so you may need to compile a kernel with this support. There > > seems to be a catch-22 situation here though - you compile a kernel with > > Smart Array support, but it's got to sit on a drive that needs Smart > > Array support to be accessed. Presumably though, if the ntloader, which > > I doubt has special Smart Array support, can be found off the array, > > there's no reason why a linux loader couldn't be used instead. > > Dunno if this applies to Compaq Smart Raid, but IBM ServeRAID didn't > work with LILO at all. It worked fine with GRUB, which after cursing > the docs I found easier to use. > > HTH,
I wonder if that's due to the LILO 1024 cylinder limit? I've never looked at the device parameters presented by a raid controller - must have a gander. Because the raid controller is presenting a logical/virtual HD, I'd expect the same problem regardless of which controller was used. LeeE -- http://www.spatial.freeserve.co.uk ...or something