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> I think I have figured out that I need to load a device driver for the |
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> FastTrak 100 raid. But unlike other distro's that allow a driver disk |
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> to be used in the boot process, gentoo dosen't that I can see. Is |
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> there a way to load a driver for a device that is not already in the |
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> distro. Or is there another way I can install this system? |
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I did part of the 1.0--rc6-r11 install by booting to a second drive, |
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dialing up with ppp (since the cd had no ppp support) and chrooting to the |
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gentoo drive. |
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So long as you have a kernel that has all the capabilities you need on |
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another drive, you can format the gentoo drives, copy over the base from |
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the gentoo cd, and chroot to the gentoo disks to complete the install. |
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I am no expert here, but from the way my install went, I dont think I ever |
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really _had_ to boot from the cd since I had a debian system (and a boot |
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disk for it) on my second drive. |
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HTH, |
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-Tom |
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