I have a Compaq Smart Array 64xx on my HP ML370. Tried knoppix today.
Booted, but no show of my HDs on the array. Did a insmod cciss. *Became
root* (*this is importan*) and issued: cd /dev;MAKEDEV -c cciss (if I am not
root, obviously, I dont have right permissions), all my dev files were created.
I could mount my HDs on the array. Let me know if that helps.