2.6.15 raid devices not being found [SOLVED]

[neouser99]

i have a setup with multiple devices as below:

/dev/md/0 - /dev/sda3 /dev/sdb3 @ / in raid0
/dev/md/1 - /dev/sda4 /dev/sdb4 @ /home in raid0
/dev/sda1 @ /boot

i believe that i have all of the configuration for the kernel, all the raid stuff is compilied directly in. it is based of a stage3 build. during the kernel bootstrap it will not detect any of the multidisk devices, one of which is the / drive, which it panics at that point. is there anything that i can try to get this to work?

for further clarification... here is the md part of the kernel loading
md: Autodetecting Raid arrays.
md: autorun...
md: ...autorun DONE.

i have read through most of the documents on here and on the wikis, and nothing seems to work. i have made the nodes, i can get the nodes made in dev and start the raids in the livecd, i can compile the kernel and get it moved over (other wise i wouldn't be having a kernel panic). am i missing something? i followed everything down to the dotted is and crossed ts.

thanx
-neo

[neouser99]

ok... you all can start laughing. it usually helps to have the proper sata drivers for the disks you are trying to boot off of, so i guess i solved the PEBKAC problem.