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Regards, Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Traas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 9:22 AM Subject: Dell PERC RAID Controller > Greetings everyone, > > After much frustration in trying to get Debian GNU/Linux (my distro of > choice) installed on a Dell PowerEdge 2450, I've finally found success! > > My problem was finding kernel support for the onboard PERC 3/Si RAID > Controller (Adaptec OEM chipset) so that I could store my root fs with a > RAID array container. Turns out that Adaptec has recently open-sourced the > driver; however, it hasn't been accepted into any of the Linux kernel trees > as of yet. So, I tracked down the driver sources (many thanks to Matt), > patched them (5 patches in total) into 2.2.18, and built my own, new patch > file to incorporate the aacraid 1.0.6 driver into this kernel in one, easy > step. > > For anyone who's interested, you'll find the patch, a patched 2.2.18 kernel > source archive, Debian (potato) installation disk images (with this new > kernel), and other info at: > > http://www.merilus.com/~kevin/aacraid.html > > > Regards, > Kevin Traas > Chief Information Officer > Merilus Technologies, Inc. .:|| Thinking inside the box ||:. > >