On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 03:05:34PM -0500, Arun Binaykia wrote: > > You could also patch the module and build a driver disk for FC4 or FC5. > > I'm not sure this is worth it, though -- right now, there's something > > like 2.2GB of FC4 updates, so a new install of FC4 + updates may > > actually take _more_ bandwidth than just starting new with FC6t2. > If I have to get updates for OS to keep it running, might as well run > windows. I have FC 3 running on production machines, no updates, with > uptime over a year. And as long as the machine only has trusted user accounts and extremely limited network exposure, that's probably okay. > > It's always such a pain -- there's been a lot of efforts at making various > > databases of compatibility, but they always fall short. Too much hardware, > > too much rapid change. I like to buy from a vendor who will offer Linux > > preinstalled, even if it's not the version I plan on running. > I'd rather do it myself, get better deals this way. And it's fun; I understand. :) > > In this particular case, I found the answer above in about 15 seconds of > > googling. > Mind sharing the keywords. I forget exactly. First I searched for the motherboard you gave, and then for the controller model + linux + sata. That led me to a page saying that there were patches available. (That was the 15 seconds.) Armed with that, I looked in the kernel git tree at the logs for those files (something that turns out to be pretty easy to do) and found the specific patch. -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>
