I suppose that was what my last resort was (IDE first). I was kind
of hoping there was a way to get a module and load it as a parameter
from booting the install.

I have looked at some differant kernel sources (2.4.0, 2.2.14, & 2.2.17)
and I do not see the module for it. I suppose I have some homework to
do..........or install redhat.

Mike
mgcon@getnet.com
http://www.getnet.com/~mgcon
Phoenix, AZ
USA

On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Kevin Buettner wrote:

> On Feb 9, 12:01pm, Mike Starke wrote:
> 
> > I just purchased a adaptec 2100s raid controller which
> > states it is linux compatible. I just configured
> > the array (1) and now it's time to install debian.
> > 
> > The kernel on the cd(debian) does not have the driver module
> > on it (dpt_i20) and so I was wondering where I go from here.
> > 
> > All the docs from the card have the installation instructions
> > for redhat, but not linux in general.
> > 
> > Can anyone offer some words of wisdom on this matter.
> 
> Install Red Hat.  :)
> 
> If you really, really want to install debian and can't find a way to
> install it directly, do it via the indirect approach.  Put a spare
> disk on the IDE controller and install Debian there first.  Once it's
> installed, fiddle around with building new kernels, drivers, etc. 
> until you can get your running Debian system to recognize and use the
> disk.  Once that is done, create some file systems on your RAID
> device(s) and copy over your debian install from the IDE disk. 
> (You'll have to fiddle with /etc/fstab, /etc/lilo.conf, etc.  too.)
> Once you're done, you should even be able to remove the IDE disk if
> you want...
> 
> I did something similar to the above recently for a software RAID
> setup.  It really wasn't that hard.  Let us know how it goes...
> 
> Kevin
> 
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