Ok guys, I’m going to need a bit of help here, let me explain:
I’ve nearly completed my Windows ME/RH Linux Workstation Dual-Boot system using a RAID-1 Array (Mirroring) for extra data protection. Windows is installed and takes up about half of the RAID-1 Array as planned; everything is working fine, well almost everything.
PROBLEM: RHL Workstation doesn’t seem to have a compatible driver for my
VIA 6410 RAID Controller card, which is housed on my
Asus P4P800 DELUXE MoBo. This is the
STONE IN MY SHOE so to speak,
EVERYTHING else is
WORKING, all other parts
ARE COMPATIBLE with RHL Workstation, and now I’m stuck and I need your help!
I’m contacting RH at
www.Redhat.com I’m contacting Asus as
www.Asus.com and I’m contacting VIA at
www.viaarena.com to try and find a working driver. I’ve come
VERY CLOSE to success, I have a way to patch the kernel but I hear it’s a bit risky so I don’t want to do that just yet. I have a Driver for my 6410 RAID device, but it’s for RHL 7 and was compiled with a
VERSION 2 compiler –
NOT a
VERSION 3 compiler and presents the error message that the two compilers are incompatible. Needless to say
I DO NOT have the
source code or I’d just recompile the driver made for RHL 7.2 but:
1. It’s the "wrong" driver, and…
2. It’s not worth a thing if I don’t have
SOURCE CODE to recompile!
As you can see I’m desperate, I need
YOUR HELP to get this thing working, all that’s standing between me a finished PC now is a driver! If you
USE LINUX, or know of a site with
LINUX DRIVERS that has one for my RAID Controller,
PLEASE reply! I’m a bit annoyed as you might have guessed
I KNOW Linux runs though, because it’s currently sitting on a
LOANED HARD DRIVE from my tech friend who’s helping me with this.
Anything useful, no matter how insignificant it seems is helpful, if I need to pay for the driver that’s fine too, I just need to get this working. I’ve got a spot set up on the RAID Array for ‘Nix but… no driver, no Linux!
Thank you all in advance for your help
;
(A very stressed and aggravated) Cyrax9
PS This is kind of sad coming form the former Mod of the computers forum, isn't it?
(Hey, even some of the best need help at times. Oh and from what I
DID get to do in Linux -- screw with the Terminal, I already like it! Now, I just need it to run on the RAID Array)