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  From: Richard Sharpe <sharpe@ns.aus.com>
  To  : Steve Sloan <steve@lansol.com.au>
        Linux-SA <LinuxSA@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 15:08:16 +1000

Re: Mylex AcceleRaid 170 & RH7.0

At 05:52 PM 2/3/01 +1030, Steve Sloan wrote:
>Hi all
>
>I am trying to build a Raid 5 box using a Mylex AcceleRaid 170 & RH7.0 and
>it would appear that RH7.0 doesn't support this card but there are drivers
>available from http://www.dandelion.com/Linux/DAC960.html. I think the
>DAC960 driver in RH7.0 isn't quite up to date.
>
>This is great except it involves recompiling the kernel, which brings me to
>my problem of how do I recompile the kernel if I can't install the operating
>system in the first place.
>
>Is it possible to setup a system on another drive, upgrade the kernel and
>install it from there.

This must be a FAQ question ...

Here is the way to do this ...

Copy the driver file to a floppy

Boot the installation and before it gets to the section about the drives
available and partitioning etc, swap to console 2 (AltF2) and then mount
the floppy (which may take a bit of effort :-) and then do:

  insmod /tmp/floppy/driver.o

>Steve Sloan
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Regards
-------
Richard Sharpe, sharpe@ns.aus.com
Samba (Team member, www.samba.org), Ethereal (Team member, www.ethereal.com)
Contributing author, SAMS Teach Yourself Samba in 24 Hours
Author, Special Edition, Using Samba


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