Running Linux finally
 

well i finally got linux to work... i had to set my drive with linux as the boot and set my raid array to not boot at all... right now a friend is helping me get stuff all set up....

im using RedHat 9.0

Grats, I love RH 9.0, my only beef is WineX is way to buggy and I can't play my games, so I have to stick with Windows XP ;/

ok my friend helped me get my sound going... and now i want to be able to get my mp3s...
he also helped me set it to be able to read ntfs files
their on my raid array... i was wondering if someone could help me mount one of the ntfs partitions...
and the raid array is a
MB FastTrak133 "lite" Bios version 2.00.1.23

Hardware or software raid?
You have the drivers compiled into the kernel?
You have NTFS support compiled in?

its hardware... its part of the motherboard... its an asus a7v333 with the Promise MB FastTrak133 "lite" Bios version 2.00.1.23 RAID

my friend helped me compile in the NTFS support.... but we dont have any kind of driver compiled in... i couldnt find any drivers on the promise site...

EDIT: i found some drivers for linux on the ASUS site...
but on the support list it has Red Hat 6.2, 7.0,7.1...not 9... would it be fine to install these or do they need to be 9?

I tried to install the drivers and it told me "The module you are trying to load (ft.o) is compiled with a gcc
version 2 compiler, while the kernel you are running is compiled with
a gcc version 3 compiler. This is known to not work."

What kernel version did you compile?

Also, you will want to compile the drivers into the kernel WHILE you are configuring it. I think its in the "ide, ata and atapi block devices" section.

Most drivers are already in the source, ready to be compiled. No need to go get them from the site. (Video drivers are an exception)

Not sure how stable it is as of 2.4.20....but its worth a shot.

mmmk... next time i boot into linux ill give it a look...

Cool, I installed Mandrake 9.1 on an old Toshiba laptop, and everything works ok except it hangs whenever I try to start pcmcia, which is the only way I can get online..