<P> Ronald (Ron),
<P>I read till my eyes bled...I was up till 3AM that night. Some of the info was unbelieveable - In fact it inspired me to look at a few other avenues. I'd like to get a copy of the Red Hat you have ... I just picked up blank CD's today. I know it sound like a little overload - BUT - perhaps we could do a dual load - BOTH Alpha's at the same time. Since yours is a desk top size perhaps we could arrange a date/time for a visit?
<P>I have a feeling though that the driver issue for the DAC960 Raid card may still come into play...
<P>Joe Lukasiewicz
<P> <B><I>Ronald Maggio <r.v.maggio@worldnet.att.net></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "Robert Meyer" <MEYER_RM@YAHOO.COM><BR>To: <NFLUG@NFLUG.ORG><BR>Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 2:07 PM<BR>Subject: Re: Alpha, additional notes and a question...<BR><BR><BR>> Well, most newer kernels in distributions don't need to be recompiled to<BR>> support a 'standard' or well known device. A lot of the documentation<BR>> for devices talk about building kernels, assuming that support isn't<BR>already<BR>> there. I suspect that if you can get an install started, the RAID card<BR>> will be recognized correctly. I just did an install of RedHat 7.2<BR><--------------------------snip-----------------------------------------><BR>True from what I've read fo far, but I think that RedHat 7.1 should install<BR>the same way with the<BR>same drivers already available in RedHat. The only thing is that the latest<BR>version of RedHat !
for Alpha's is 7.1.<BR>I would recommend RedHat since it is the most use and well knowen for<BR>Alpha's. Now mind you there are a few<BR>others out there. Have you read any of the info I zipped out to you and the<BR>group about Alpha's? I sent web site links<BR>and seved web pages stock full of info on the subject, but I will admit its<BR>mostly on the model I own. I does pertain to<BR>the subject generally. I have it and as I said I'll make a copy of it for<BR>you unless your going to downloaded it yourself.<BR>I had someone else download it for my because I only have dialup service. It<BR>is four full cd's worth! It would have taken<BR>me well over a week to download it with dialup service. Well if I can be of<BR>anymore assistance let me know.<BR><BR>Ron:)<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>on a brand<BR>> new Compaq server with an integral RAID and it installed straight up,<BR>without<BR>> any special handling, other than the Compaq utilities for initializing the<BR>> array and!
installing Compaq Diagnostics.<BR>><BR>> Probably should have the same situation with an Alpha processor<BR>> distribution from one of the main vendors.<BR>><BR>> Cheers!<BR>><BR>> Bob<BR>> --- Joseph Lukasiewicz <JLUKASIEWICZ@YAHOO.COM>wrote:<BR>> ><BR>> > Hi,<BR>> ><BR>> > I've been poking around and managed to scare up some resources that I<BR>think<BR>> > could assist me (us) in getting the Alpha 2100 up and running.<BR>> ><BR>> > It seems the controller card for the Raid is a MYLEX DAC960... I have<BR>some<BR>> > info on it including what I believe to be drivers and possible<BR>> > "instructions"...<BR>> ><BR>> > Rather than just plop everything in the forum, I was wondering how to<BR>> > proceed? I think the kernel will need to be rebuilt, or the drivers<BR>> > recompiled, or the "recover" kernal made to some how recognize the<BR>drivers...<BR>> ><BR>> > A!
s you can tell, were starting to get a little beyond my level on<BR>this...Any<BR>> > ideas?<BR>> ><BR>> > Joe Lukasiewicz<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > ---------------------------------<BR>> > Do You Yahoo!?<BR>> > LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience<BR>><BR>> =====<BR>> Bob Meyer<BR>> Knightwing Communications, Inc.<BR>> 36 Cayuga Blvd<BR>> Depew, NY 14043<BR>> Phone: 716-308-8931 or 716-681-0076<BR>> Meyer_RM@Yahoo.com<BR>><BR>> __________________________________________________<BR>> Do You Yahoo!?<BR>> LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience<BR>> http://launch.yahoo.com<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><p><br><hr size=1><b>Do You Yahoo!?</b><br>
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