Redhat 7.3 kernel (2.4.18) comes with firewire support. Just plug in the fw hdd and modprobe ohci1394.
-PK -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Edward Dekkers Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 10:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: How to use firewire drive with 7.3? > I'm using RH7.3. Must I recompile my kernel to be able to use a firewire > drive with my pentium 3 triple boot (bootmagic, 98/xp/rh7.3) laptop? Is it > safe (for my very expensive data) to use a firewire drive? > I've never compiled a kernal; wish there were an easier way for this newbie. > Any advice or pointers very appreciated. Doubt you have to go that far. I've never tried it, but there appear to be ieee1394 modules on my system, so I assume an insmod will do it. Regards, Ed. _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
