Re: OT: SuSE, Raid (was: Microsoft takes on ACT)

[Ingo Marks <adv@region-nord.de>]

Wilhelm Spickermann wrote:

> I have to support what Ingo said. Try to copy a 7.3. (In our
> local linux user group mailing list, we have a "distribution
> war" from time to time and SuSE 8.0 was the first one where
> nothing happend because all SuSE fans stayed quiet.) If things
> continue to go in that direction, I will change to another
> distri -- and I've started using SuSE before they started
> numbering their distris. :-(

I think it is not a SuSE specific problem. I bet other distris (RedHat, 
Mandrake) have similar problems. SuSE provides the newest up-to-date Linux 
technology if you want to use it. They do a very good job and I don't make 
SuSE responsible for the bugs in KDE 3.0 or other software with minor 
number 0 (even Linux kernels, say 2.6.0). It is the same as with new car 
models: It is best to wait a bit until the little problems (in Germany we 
say "Kinderkrankheiten") are gone.

> Concerning the raid controller mainboard:
> 
> 1: have you tried http://www.promise.com/support/suse_eng.asp ?
> (I don't know anything about it, but if promise has an own linux
> driver for that board, it should be there.)

Several months ago I wanted to use a Fasttrak 100 (IDE with software Raid 
1) in a Linux box. There was no driver in the SuSE distribution, so I 
downloaded a beta driver from Fasttrak. It was very hard and tricky to 
install (because I needed a boot image with a fasttrak driver on it to 
install this driver :-) Ok, finally it worked. But after this experience I 
would recommend to use SuSE software RAID 1 in favor of Promise Software 
RAID 1 if you have a fast computer because it is much easier to install and 
easier to handle. Or use a real IDE RAID controller which you don't need 
any driver for.

Regards,
Ingo