Re: [CentOS] Intel RAID controller

Mark Belanger wrote:

I have a dell precision 380: http://catalog.us.dell.com/CS1/CS1Page2.aspx?br=6&c=us&cs=555&fm...

with an Intel Matrix Storage Manager ICH7R RAID Controller http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imsm/sb/cs-020663.htm

I need to get CentOS 3 installed on this thing but can't due to the fact that the controller is not supported in 2.4 kernels.

There is a patch available from http://iswraid.sourceforge.net/.

Question - Since the installer has the "wrong" kernel, how do I go about getting it installed with the patched kernel?

For the sake of completeness(and people searching the archives) Centos3.5 has the drivers I need. Thanks to all who suggested alternate methods for CentOS versions that do not.

-Mark