<P> Ronald,
<P>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.
<P>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?
<P>Joe Lukasiewicz
<P>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....)
<P> <B><I>Ronald Maggio <r.v.maggio@worldnet.att.net></I></B> wrote:
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2><FONT size=3>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:)</FONT></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2>Ronald V. Maggio<BR>Have Screwdriver Will Travel<BR>Computer Repair Service<BR>P.O. Box 186<BR>Spring Brook, New York. 14140-0186<BR>(716) 677-5909<BR></FONT></STRONG></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><p><br><hr size=1><b>Do You Yahoo!?</b><br>
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