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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-nz"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Thanks for the replies (and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">thanks</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Matt, PCI-e is</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">indeed</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">what I meant</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">–</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"><FONT FACE="Calibri">brain</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> freeze moment), I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">realise</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"><FONT FACE="Calibri">linux dd</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"><FONT FACE="Calibri">”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> works</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">–</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"><FONT FACE="Calibri">and is in fact how I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"><FONT FACE="Calibri">ve installed CentOS 5, but</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">unfortunately</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">I require a card (PCI even</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"><FONT FACE="Calibri">!</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"><FONT FACE="Calibri">) that will not require driver updates every kernel update</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> and support</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">a minimum of</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> 6 ports in RAID 1</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"><FONT FACE="Calibri">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"> </SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-nz"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Being a noob at Linux I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"><FONT FACE="Calibri">m having trouble sourcing a card that is supported in the 2.6.18 kernel</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> without the need to install drivers</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"><FONT FACE="Calibri">, and replies from</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">manufacturers either evade the question</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> or require a Masters degree in Linux, so I thought I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"><FONT FACE="Calibri">d tap into the combined knowledge of everyone here!</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-nz"><FONT FACE="Calibri">So I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"><FONT FACE="Calibri">m still open to suggestions!</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-nz"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Cheers</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-nz"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Steve</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-nz"> </SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-nz"><FONT FACE="Consolas">> I would recommend PCI-E if you want the fastest card available, and </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-nz"><FONT FACE="Consolas">> using the 'linux dd' option before you install CentOS 5 allows you to </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-nz"><FONT FACE="Consolas">> load the 3ware kernel module prior to installation which is what I </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-nz"><FONT FACE="Consolas">> did to get my 9650SE-16 working. ;-)</FONT></SPAN></P>
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