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Building ATA RAID and SMP Support into Slackware 9

Posted by timothy on from the tomorrow's-computer-today dept.

TheMadPenguin writes "This HOWTO will describe the steps necessary to build support into Slackware Linux 9.0 for Symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) and a Promise Ultra ATA RAID redundant drive array. By default, there is no support for these configurations unless specified through a kernel recompilation after the initial install."

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  1. This just in... by Znonymous+Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    From the office of Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf (aka Baghdad Bob):

    "Symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) and a Promise Ultra ATA RAID redundant drive arrays in Linux do not exist! It is a trick by the coalition forces!"

    More at 11.

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  2. Re:Place your bets! by damien_kane · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's 7:08 PM.
    9 minues
    It is easier/better/more difficut BUT more rewarding in Gentoo.

  3. Re:Uhm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Distros like gentoo/linux from scratch are the new l337. Slackware is no longer the king of hard.

  4. Its not a joke by Mohammed+Al-Sahaf · · Score: 4, Funny

    They really do not exist! Our valiant troops destroyed SMP support along with hundreds of the American criminals. Today alone we destroyed over 500 American tanks and over 40 of the evil zionist kernel modules.

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    Former Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
  5. HOW WILL LINUX EVER BE A CONSUMER OS. . . by Fritz+Benwalla · · Score: 5, Funny

    . . . if my Mom has to recompile the kernel just to get symmetric multiprocessing support and a working ATA raid array for chrissake??!!!

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  6. from the department of redundancy department by Erpo · · Score: 4, Funny

    This HOWTO will describe the steps necessary to build support into Slackware Linux 9.0 for [...] RAID redundant drive array.

    ...or even a RAID redundant independent drive array, or a RAID redundant array of independent (or inexpensive) drives (or disks). Hey, that's getting a little long...maybe an acronym would be useful here. How about: RAID RAID!

    Tune in next week when the poster describes how to set up NIC Cards on your PC Computer using only OSS Software from the FSF Foundation.