rgr@sdf.lonestar.org (Rob Ristroph) wrote in message news:<87y8rfg7bd.fsf@rgristroph-austin.ath.cx>...
> >>>>> "Felix" == Felix Miata <UgaddaBkidding.due2UCE@dev.nul> writes:
> Felix>
> Felix> Rob Ristroph wrote:
> >> Based on how you describe your setup, dual
> >> booting with windows already installed on the hp372 RAID, I am not
> >> sure that will work. Your choices might be to use the linux driver or
> >> to start over completely.
> Felix>
> Felix> What do you mean by start over completely. I don't know that
> Felix> for W2K there is any way other than what I did to have RAID 1.
>
> By "start over completely" I mean re-install everything, wiping out
> what you have done so far.
>
> If Windows needs the hpt372 active to do RAID, but Linux is doing
> software RAID and needs it inactive, you will have to fiddle with the
> BIOS everytime to boot into a different OS, and even that might not
> work.
>
> Your best bet may be to go to the highpoint-tech.com site and get the
> driver floppy for RedHat and try to use it to install Redhat along
> side your windows.
>
> --Rob

I have a highpoint hpt374 built-in motherboard. I could access raid
with highpoint's driver support for Red Hat 9. However, with that
driver used, I can't upgrade/recompile my kernel. For instance,
whenever there are new kernel (like 2.4.24), how can I make it
workable with my raid disk?