From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,345c9fcf5a67a99f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-25 02:37:07 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!newshub.northeast.verio.net!verio!kibo.news.demon.net!demon!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsmm00.sul.t-online.com!t-online.de!news.t-online.com!not-for-mail From: Ingo Marks Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: OT: SuSE, Raid (was: Microsoft takes on ACT) Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 11:36:25 +0200 Organization: T-Online Message-ID: References: <4519e058.0205230724.38617c60@posting.google.com> <%9sH8.3292$GB4.495005@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: news.t-online.com 1022319346 05 21589 mWgJbFpVS0AwAL 020525 09:35:46 X-Complaints-To: abuse@t-online.com X-Sender: 340020534592-0001@t-dialin.net User-Agent: KNode/0.6.1 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:24739 Date: 2002-05-25T11:36:25+02:00 List-Id: 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