} -----Original Message----- } From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On } Behalf Of Les Mikesell } Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 10:32 AM } To: CentOS mailing list } Subject: RE: [CentOS] using various IDE or SCSI hard drive interfaces } withCentOS Linux questions } } On Thu, 2005-08-18 at 11:29, Robert Hanson wrote: } } > bottom line is, just about every type of hard drive storage interface } driver } > (as well as any other relevant driver types) is/are included in the } CentOS } > linux distribution? } } Drivers tend to be per controller type and the complication is that the } ones you need to boot are detected during the install process and } included in the initrd that is built then. If you move the boot drive } or clone the system to a machine with a different controller, you have } to adjust /etc/modprobe.conf (or conf.modules, or modules.conf or } whatever they call it that week...) to include the kernel module you } need, and then rebuild the initrd image. It's possible but not much } fun to do this from the install disk in rescue mode after the swap. } } -- } Les Mikesell } lesmikesell at gmail.com } } } _______________________________________________ } CentOS mailing list } CentOS at centos.org } http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos interesting. thanks. i should be ok and i dont really want to "have to" learn how to do that yet i probably should. ummm lets say i have a two compaqs.. 1850R and a dl380... they look identical yet obviously would have some minor differences. mix in some CentOS 4 :-) and so, if i load and config the 1850R with 4 scsi drives in raid5 array and get functional with CentOS, let's say i want to take all 4 drives and stuff them in correct order in a dl380 *cold*... possibly different SCSI controllers.... yet nothing CentOS couldnt handle IMHO... ....will that work provided i have done all the low level smartstart cd stuff before hand??? im thinking it should... i should have the extra hardware to test this soon anyways yet am wondering - rh -- Robert Hanson Abba Communications http://www.abbacomm.net