> Even if you update the RedHat compiler, do *NOT* use RedHat 7.0's
> GCC "2.96" at all for kernel compiles. You want to make sure the
> kernel Makefile (in /usr/src/linux) is changed to "kgcc" on RedHat
> 7.x, which uses 2.91.66 for kernel compiles. "kgcc" is the issue.
> I had big time mount issues when compiling with 2.96.
I definitely made the change to kgcc. I couldn't even get the kernel to
compile without that.
> BTW, why did you go to stock kernel 2.4.5 + XFS rather than RedHat
> 2.4.3 + XFS? I've been humming with the heavily RedHat patched
> 2.4.3 release + XFS with 0 issues on a number of systems.
Ya know, I've just never trusted things like this unless I compile them
myself. I dunno, I'm just strange that way.
> > We were running RAID 0+1.
>
> Again, the fact that you couldn't mount volumes tells me you either
> didn't have the correct modules/drivers support in your kernel or
> used GCC 2.96.
Well, here's the issue with that. The same kernel mounted non-RAIDed
volumes just dandy.
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