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From: Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@××××××××××.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Problems with Dell Server
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 10:10:51
Message-Id: 20010727101051.B30350@cvs.gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Problems with Dell Server by joe.derosa.b1@bayer.com
1 On Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 10:48:17AM -0400, joe.derosa.b1@×××××.com wrote:
2 > I just tried to install RC5 on a poweredge 2450, which has some kind of adaptec
3 > on board raid controller along with a 79xx. The raid controller doesn't appear
4 > to be recognized by the boot kernel, in fact I could not find anything in the
5 > kernel config that seemed to be the correct driver.
6 >
7 > On Dell's site, they refer to a special version of RedHat that you need to use,
8 > and they have rpm's and gz files that are supposed to get you rolling. I will be
9 > trying to build a custom kernel and new CD to see if I can get this rolling.
10 >
11 > Joe DeRosa
12
13 Please get more info on the controller in question, and I can email Justin Gibbs
14 (Linux Adaptec driver guy) and find out what's up.
15
16 Best Regards,
17
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