Version of Linux that defies my raid controller

[jtruong]

I gave up on debian. I'm trying mandrake 9.0 now.

Does anyone know a version of Linux that is compliant with my hpt370 raid controller?

I also read an article that had a now-dead-link to a bootable floppy which would let mandrake know of the controller.

Another thing, i heard of linux raid software. Where can i get a hold of this?

Thanks,
jtruong

[Radar]

Debian's "compact" floppy images may be what you need.

`compact'
Like `vanilla', but with many of the less-frequently-use drivers removed (sound, v4l, etc). In addition, it has built in support for several popular PCI Ethernet devices — NE2000, 3com 3c905, Tulip, Via-Rhine and Intel EtherExpress Pro100. These built in drivers allow you to take full advantage of the Debian installer's net install feature to install the driver floppies over the network so that only the root and rescue floppy disks need to be made. Finally, `compact' also supports several common RAID controllers: DAC960, and Compaq's SMART2 RAID controllers. The `compact' flavor includes one rescue floppy, one root and two driver disks.

http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-install-methods.en.html#s-create-floppy