RAID Controller to enable SATA HDD Hard Drive

[Stephan <geek@wickedclips.net>]

Hi folks,

I've established a small web hosting service, and have acquired four 
G4's that run great.  Unfortunately, the old hard drives in my Macs just 
aren't cutting it, and EIDE hard drives are getting more and more expensive.

I've installed a Silicone Imaged based RAID controller with one Maxtor 
250 gig SATA hard drive and no other drives.  Installation of Etch ran 
smoothly, the hard drive was identified, configured, and the base system 
& packages installed fine, but until the yaboot 
installation/configuration failed.

Clearly, I need to configure yaboot but I'm having trouble finding 
resources to point me in the right direction.  I'm neither a RAID nor a 
Linux guru, but if anyone can offer some examples or suggestions, I 
won't need to be spoon fed either ;)  If absolutely necessary, I'm even 
willing to configure the initial kernal loading to run from either a 
floppy or a CD, but that sounds a bit extreme for what should be a 
simple problem.

Thanks,

Stephan