On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:18:29 -0400, Akemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com> wrote: > On 8/22/07, Akemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com> wrote: >> On 8/22/07, Paul Griffith <paulg at cse.yorku.ca> wrote: >> > On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:25:07 -0400, Akemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > > On 8/22/07, Paul Griffith <paulg at cse.yorku.ca> wrote: >> > >> > I didn't see anything that would indicate it (the patch) would work >> with >> > kernel 2.6.9. I was hoping I didn't have to split up my kernel >> versions, >> > for example a supported CentOS kernel for servers and a unsupported >> kernel >> > for the clients that have the lastest and greatest hardware. I was >> going >> > to give 2.6.9 a quick try and if that didn't work, then go to 2.6.18 >> which >> > is the base for CentOS 5. >> >> I took a quick look at the 2.6.9 source code. That patch would not >> work for this kernel. > > I also checked the Centos 5 kernel (2.6.18-8.x). The patch you > referred to will not work there either. However, I saw a test kernel > available from upstream that already has that fix applied. So, there > is some good chance that CentOS 5.1 will have it. Given the fact you > need it by early September, this may not work out either. > > Akemi Thank You for the help!! In the meantime we will get a SATA DVD drive to test with CentOS 4.5. If anything changes I will post under this thread. Thanks Again, Paul