Hi, I'd like to use debian for a server project on a Dell 400SC. I want to stick to a platform that is easily upgradable but one which will also support booting from software raid.
Is there a kernel image with raid built in (i.e. not as a loadable module)? If not I understand that I will need to build a custom kernel and turn raid on in the kernel. If I take this route I believe future kernel upgrades will always need to built from source? Now say I build a 2.4.22 system today customise the kernel move the install to my raid disks etc. I carry on building new 2.4 versions from source using the kernel package utils. In a year or so when 2.6 becomes testing and I want to use that am I going to have to build a new non raid system with a 2.6 image and go through the same steps of customising and moving the install to raid to do a full dist upgrade to solve depend issues? My understanding of the apt system is that by sticking to the standard kernel images I can just continue to upgrade as new versions become available without compatability/depend issues(very appealing). I've just done an apt-get install of the latest kernel image and it pulled everything in very nicely. I guess to sum up, "what upgrade issues will I have if I customise the kernel and migrate to raid disks" Thanks in advance, Martin. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
