Getting IDE drivers to work on a RAID controller PCI card

A PC has come my way with a motherboard with a single IDE
controller, plus a PCI IDE RAID controller PCI card. The boot drive and
another hard drive are connected to the IDE controller, whereas the DVD
writer and yet another hard drive are connected to the RAID controller.

My current Linux kernel is unable to detect the DVD writer and
the third hard drive. I assume that I must build a kernel containing RAID
support. Is that all there is to it? I mean, do I have to know any
specifics about the RAID controller itself, or will Linux recognize it no
matter what, just as it recognizes IDE hard drives? Must one tackle any
configuration other than the usual stuff for IDE drives?

I have done a google search and found some pointers, but since I
know nothing about RAID controllers I find them a bit confusing. Some
idiot-proof pointers would be welcome. By the way, I would like this to
work under Slackware 12.
.

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