> I gave up on waiting for HPT to update their RHL8.0 driver. I have > emailed them four times since mid-October and they stopped responding :( > No ETA provided. Same to me from 1/1/2002 ( LOL ) > Based upon recommendation from redhat-phoebe list, someone talked me into > trying RH software raid and it seems to work fairly well. The poster > claimed that the software raid was no slower than the HPT hardware > solution- but I'd like to compare benchmarks anyway. Theorically the "standard" software raid sould run faster. > Anyway, you can currently use Shark's precompiled boot disk ( > http://www.bandaancha.st/documentos.php?docid=56 option #4) to get RH8.0 > installed on a fresh machine, and the copy his precompiled kernel (if you > have an Athlon CPU) from the his floppy before the end of the install. I > have i386 so cannot use his kernel. I don't remember... the installer wasn't i586? (well i really think that none will use this SOFTWARE raid in a i386 :P) > When I tried recompiling my own > kernel I ran into a problem at around this part: > "Now we must copy hpt37x2.o to /lib/modules/2.4.18-athlon/drivers/scsi/ ..." > I didn't have a /drivers/scsi subdir, so I made one and copied the compiled > hpt37x2.o to it but it then failed with the next command: > "/sbin/mkinitrd -f --preload scsi_mod --preload sd_mod --preload ext3 > --with=hpt37x2 /boot/initrd-2.4.18-4athlon.img 2.4.18-4athlon" > I forget the error but it was a show stopper for my compiling abilities. Thats normal see that string: ... "/boot/initrd-2.4.18-4athlon.img 2.4.18-4athlon" thats not your kernel name. > Shark- now that HPT has come out with a 1.31 version of the driver > compiled with GCC 3.2, would you consider recreating your precompiled boot > disks? I would be most appreciative. Have tried compiling my own kernel > to include the HPT driver but failed miserably. Probably when i finish my exams (1 / feb) > Would the procedure be almost the same as section 2.B or am I just confused? Yep, ... but remember that your kernel name is not "2.4.18-4athlon" (note the athlon).
