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Hello, |
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I spent the today (yesterday now, actually ;) installing gentoo linux on |
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my computer which contains a 3ware Escalade 6410 RAID card. Since the |
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3ware drivers aren't compiled into the stock installation kernel that |
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comes on your 1.1a CD, I had to jump through some hoops to make it work, |
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and I wrote up a rough HOWTO as I went along. It is attached, in case you |
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want to put it on the website somewhere. I recommend doing so, as such a |
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document would have saved me several hours today. |
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Also, you might want to consider activating the 3ware drivers in the |
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installation kernel in your next release. I don't know of any downsides |
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to doing so, and 3ware is a company that specifically targets the Linux |
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market by providing source code for the drivers. |
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Thanks for making an excellent distro, it flies so far, and I can't wait |
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to play with it more after I've gotten some sleep ;) |
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Tucker |
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PS. This is the first HOWTO I've ever written, so any comments would be |
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very much appreciated. |
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