[plug] /newbie RH6.2 and RAID Cards

Leon Brooks leon at brooks.smileys.net
Thu Jun 1 11:07:32 WST 2000


"Earnshaw, Mike" wrote:
> 
> List,
> 
> I have a new RH6.2 box with a RAID card, just built this morning. Never
> done it before. When I look for a driver for the card the latest I can
> find is RH6.1 (2.2.12-20) and I have 2.2.14-05. I have not compiled
> drivers before and I don't think the source is available from DPT.

> How many problems am I likely to create? The RAID will be for /home and
> other data only, not / or other system stuff.

If it's a module, you can always test the water by installing stuff on
the RAID, hammering the pulp out of it with a few simple scripts, and
see if it breaks. DPT were helpful with drivers for their SCSI cards, so
should be OK on source for their RAID module. Ask.

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