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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. Re:Uhm... by PhoenixK7 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yeah, seriously. Some mildly experienced folks might find this useful, but how is this news?

    Its just a HOWTO.

    Oh well..

  2. Generic HOWTO would have sufficed? by Lefty2446 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    As I see it there is nothing drastically different with Slack to require a Slack specific HOWTO.

    This only complicates things more.
    http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html

    Would have sufficed,

    Adrian

  3. it's news. by gl4ss · · Score: 2, Insightful

    it's news because it is new (Posted on Saturday, April 12 @ 18:31:18 EDT ).

    that said, like the original poster, if you're running slack you should know how to add stuff like this without reading a howto.

    though maybe it saves few minutes for some people.. and gives distribution ranters some online time.

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  4. RAID !=OS's job by l33t-gu3lph1t3 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    all you need is to have the OS recognize and support the RAID controller. Actual RAID array building and configuring is a manual hardware task...

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  5. Re:Err... by Dark+Lord+Seth · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Mind you, Linux is a fairly complicated OS to manage and maintain. Trying to use and maintain Linux simply requires quite a bit of understanding on how it works as nearly everyone knows. Trying to use Linux without reading up on basic things (like kernel recompiles) and understandin them is like driving a car without experience or a license.

    The "Everyone should be able to do everything" idea is what's wrong with computers in general these days. No, John Doe does NOT need to set up an IIS webserver that came with his pirated Windows XP Pro CD. Keep things simple for users instead. Easier for them to understand and easier for professionals to maintain. (Even though I know "professionals" who should be banned from using computers, ugh.)

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  6. Back in my day, sonny... by BoomerSooner · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Slackware was the easy distribution!

    Lol, how far things have come.

  7. Re:Recompile the kernel? HOWTOs? by Charm · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Oh no another Desktop OS Moron. Slackware is normally used in things like servers. Therefore your comment is redundant.

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