Adaptec 2100S: System freeze when trying to backup with tar

[Cristian Livadaru <drac3@vwclub.ro>]

Hi, I recently installed a Adaptec 2100S SCSI HW Raid controler and two HD which
are mirroerd.
Kernel version is 2.4.22-ow1 and I compiled the i2o module to the kernel and I
thought that everyithing works fine, well actualz it does work perfect till I
start a tar.
After a short while the system just hangs and I have to reboot it.
Is there a problem with the Driver that's in the kernel ? alas adaptec has no
software for debian, just redhat and suse. I could use alien to install the rpm
packages but I'm not sure if this will work or solve my problem.
Should I try kernel 2.6 ?


Cris