Dell PERCraid 3/Di

[pete@elbnet.com]

  Has anyone had any luck (experience) compiling a kernel to boot with a DELL 
PERCraid 3/Di (Adaptec AAA-3xx) controller?
  All my attempts end with a kernel panic because I can't mount /.

  I am creating a RAM disk image of the modules to load before trying to 
mount / but I get a modprobe error block-major-8, error=2. I tried adding this 
as an alias to modules.conf (alias block-major-8 percraid) but no luck.

  I have managed to get *one* Red Hat pre-compiled kitchen sink kernel to boot 
(2.2.14-5.0smp) but nothing else.

  Any suggestions?

Pete