[Gllug] Installing Debian with 3ware Hardware RAID 1 Controller

Martin A. Brooks martin at clues.ltd.uk
Wed Dec 10 11:58:03 UTC 2003


On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 11:48, Harry Mantheakis wrote:
> Can I avoid re-compiling Debian? And if it is possible, is there anything to
> be mindful of?

You don't have to "recompile Debian", you just need kernel support for
the 3ware card. The trick is, once installed, to recompile your kernel
with the 3ware driver statically included - that way you avoid the need
for an initrd-based boot.

Regards

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Martin A. Brooks, Clues Ltd
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