Hey folks, I've got a brand spankin' new Dell PowerEdge 6100 server with the works, four processors, 86 gigs of RAID-5 space, one gig of memory. So I'm happy, my boss(es) want me to put Debian on it, I'm even more happy. However, I've got a bit of a problem related to the RAID card -- to the best of my knowledge it's an AMI MegaRAID card. Only recently has the MegaRAID card had a driver, and that driver is quite emphatically *not* in the main kernel source tree for either 2.0.x or 2.1.x. I have a patch of dubious age for MegaRAID control, but am unable to get it to patch to my kernel tree (2.0.35). I've written the patch creator asking for help.
Let's assume I do get the patch, I'm able to patch my 2.0.35 (or 2.1.125) tree with it, and I can compile a kernel on an existing machine. How then do I create a Debian boot disk with that custom kernel in it? I'm pretty sure that the standard Debian boot won't work. I'd really like to slide a new kernel into the existing Debian boot and have it work like a charm. If anyone has any information, please let me know! Thank you in advance. -- John F.
