On Saturday 19 Nov 2005 01:01, s. keeling wrote: > Ritesh Raj Sarraf <rrs@researchut.com>: > > On Thu, November 17, 2005 19:50, Thomas Drillich said: > > > Hello Mr. Gangoly, > > > > > > may I could help, but a few questions before, > > > > > > a) Do you need help on building custom debian kernel-package for your > > > driver, or must the driver being written or patched. > > > > Many RAID controllers are not supported or not fully supported by the > > Debian kernels for multiple reasons. A patch will be required for the > > person. > > I was using Mylex DAC960 hardware RAID in 2001. Are you saying such > old tech. has lost its support, but in Debian kernels only? > megaraid is one example where you'll see major differences. Another would be tg3 vs bcm5700 > > > b) Must the kernel boot from scsi-raid or could it boot from ide. > > > > I guess scsi-raid. > > Why? What's its boot interface type have to do with the bulk of your > storage? > Many servers don't have IDE channels these days. > > -- > Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. > (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling Linux Counter #80292 > - - Spammers! http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling/autospam.html > http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt Regards, rrs -- Ritesh Raj Sarraf RESEARCHUT -- http://www.researchut.com "Stealing logic from one person is plagiarism, stealing from many is research." "Necessity is the mother of invention."
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