Am Sonntag, 16. November 2003 13:26 schrieb Christian Schäfer:

> 1. is this kernel patch stable?

Which Kernel patch?

S002 root # cat /usr/src/linux/.config | grep DAC
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DAC960=y

> 2. are there any mentionable differences between the various firmware
> versions? and do they show up in linux?

I don't know, maybe you can find a Changelog when you get the latest 
Firmware from the link I sent in the last mail.

> 3. (I am new to raid) is it possible to have different raid level for
> each channel?
> 4. is it possible to use one channel as none-raid? so that I can hang
> in my host system for the installation?

Get the docs from the link. There is a great Installation Guide and User 
Manual.

> 5. will the raid show up in linux installation? will I have to obey
> certain rules or will the whole channel behave as one physical disk?

One Disk. In Gentoo you have /dev/rd/disk0/disc for the Array and part 
1-x for your partitions.

S002 root # ls -la /dev/rd/disc0/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x    1 root     root            0 Jan  1  1970 .
drwxr-xr-x    1 root     root            0 Jan  1  1970 ..
brw-------    1 root     root      48,   0 Jan  1  1970 disc
brw-------    1 root     root      48,   1 Jan  1  1970 part1
brw-------    1 root     root      48,   2 Jan  1  1970 part2
brw-------    1 root     root      48,   3 Jan  1  1970 part3
brw-------    1 root     root      48,   4 Jan  1  1970 part4
brw-------    1 root     root      48,   5 Jan  1  1970 part5
brw-------    1 root     root      48,   6 Jan  1  1970 part6
brw-------    1 root     root      48,   7 Jan  1  1970 part7

> 6. is it possible to attach a scsi-cdrom using a 50to68pol adapter?

I use an extra SCCSI Controller. Don't know if it works.

> 7. if I have to use a second controller (non-raid) will this cause
> any trouble?

I have an additional SCSI Controller. No Probs.

Philipp


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