firewire drive revisited

[Jim <jimkk umich edu>]

Thanks to S Cowles and others for advice on getting a firewire drive 
operational with Linux.
It's a bit above my head but I can work towards it if necessary.

Stated on the source forge website 
http://linux1394.sourceforge.net/start_req.html:


> .If you do not feel confident about building your own kernel, then we 
> suggest that you wait until your distribution provides a kernel ready for 
> 1394.


How can I tell if my kernel is already ready for 1394? I installed RH7.3, 
then updated the kernel using RH's update feature, to get 7.3 to work on my 
Dell Lattitude Laptop's Nvidia hardware, so I have a pretty new version 
(sorry I can't check now, doing this from Windows).

By the way, for the other gentleman asking about installing a firewire 
drive, this is a great intro: 
http://linux1394.sourceforge.net/index.html.  Also, I asked this question 
about three days before you and there are some good replies so check the 
digests for the last few days.

Thanks for any advice,
Jim