Hi jasper, > On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, linuxraid@valli.org wrote: > >> Hi jasper, >> >> > ... >> > i have to catch up reading about Gentoo's Live CD, afaik it works just >> > like the Knoppix project. >> > >> > I presume i can take the: >> > ftp://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo/releases/x86/1.4/livecd/pentium4/ >> >> Gentoo is not only a LiveCD, it is also a full distro. >> If you want to use gentoo, you have to compile everything by >> yourself (emerge do it for you, it's something like apt-get) >> There's a great installer doku: >> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml >> > > i already downloaded it and took a look at it. Looks just fine. The > first screens look better than the avarage debian bootmenu :) > i have to wait for a few days before i can start installing it, have > some tests at school first. But i am confident the 2010S wont be a pain > in the ass as i thought before. > > Not to spoil the fun, but can't i use a custom kernel (2.4.24 with 2010S > support enabled) and make a native debian bootdisc out of it? No idea, could be. > >> > ... >> > let's hope it'll detect the 1Gbit broadcom controller ;) >> No idea, but should work. >> > > there's an onboard Intel 100mbit NIC too. i can use the eepro i hope. This one works for sure with the LiveCD > >> > ... >> > i should add the 3 /dev/sda* filesystems there i presume. >> yes! give a look at another /etc/fstab at a already installed >> debian machine >> > > ack, i only have a couple of IDE machines. I can just do 'mount' and use > that info to fill /etc/fstab. > Looks like the following: # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> /dev/sda3 / reiserfs defaults 0 0 /dev/sda1 /boot ext3 defaults 0 2 /dev/sda2 none swap sw 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/fd0 /floppy auto user,noauto 0 0 /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 >> > ... >> >> - kernel configuration >> >> - DO NOT include 79xx support. >> >> - include Adaptec i20 RAID support (in scsi menu) i2o_dpt >> > >> > so the i20 detects both the 2010 and the 7902? >> >> No, the 2010s board detects 7902 and communicate with >> this SCSI-controller; The kernel only communicate with >> the Adaptec 2010s (It's a so called Zero Channel Raid >> Controller, means it has not a SCSI-Controller onboard) >> >> Graphic: (<=> means comunicate) >> Kernel <=> Adaptec 2010s <=> Adaptec 7902 <=> SCSI Harddrives >> > > So you have to use the 7902 if you dont use the optional RAID > controller. That makes sense. > I am preparing stuff at my Athlon first and fiddle around with the > LiveCD some more ;) > > Kind regards, valli - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
