On 9/20/05, Jan Johansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ryan Rothert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 3.6 will install on it. I believe the aac driver still exists > > but is disabled by default. You could install 3.6, recompile > > the kernel with aac support enabled then upgrade. > > This is a bad advice. > > The aac driver was disabled because it was broken and could not > be fixed because there was no documentation. > > Using aac is like playing Russian Roulette with your data. > However if you have no choice but to use aac, what else are you going to do? For a lot of people (like me) who have machines with the aac raid controller, it's either uncomment the aac driver in the kernel, or use a different OS. Buying another raid controller isn't always an option, especially when it's company hardware. I currently run 3.8 release on a machine with aac, and it's running a lot better than it did on 3.7 actually.
Jason
