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[Joseph Lukasiewicz]

 Ronald,
Sure I'm interested in the Alpha.  Yes I wish it was a little more "friendly" or should I say cooperative...  I picked up the Red Hat 7.1 Distribution from Compaq ($29 with 60 days "support" - it "boots" to a # prompt but still does not see the RAID controller - I think I'm just a few minor steps away, hopefully I can get a hint of how to make a "stock" kernel use a device driver ...  I have been conversing with a guy in France that has similar equipment (Alpha 2100), he has had to do some radical brain surgery to get the box to boot - I'd rather not abandon the Raid if at all possible.
Have you come across any other RAID controller cards that are "supported" (PCI or EISA) by the Alpha and Linux AND are available for cheap?
Joe Lukasiewicz
PS.  as a lark, I tried to get NT 4 to load and got a similar "cant find the hard drives" message so I feel confident it is a similar singular piece of the puzzle I am missing to make the drives accessable (fdisk, BSD labels, etc....)
  Ronald Maggio <r.v.maggio at worldnet.att.net> wrote: Well I take it then that its the 23rd. Just kidding. I'm working on building storage for my equipment and Stuff so I have not had the time to get to the DEC Alpha. I'll be moving on to that project soon. I hope! So if there is any interest in it I'll be happy to put together a presentation With handouts on the subject relating to the model I'm working on and from my view point dealing with DEC Alpha's in general at a meeting in the near future. See you all on the 23rd:) Ronald V. Maggio
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