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Ok, many thanks to all who replied. I think I'll go the hardware route. |
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I've found a card that seems ideal for my needs: one that will fit into the |
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32-bit PCI 2.2 slots on this motherboard but doesn't cost more than the pair |
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of disks it will drive. It's the Adaptec 1210SA controller. |
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I'll go searching the HCLs, but meanwhile does anyone here have a view on |
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this device? |
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Rgds |
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Peter. |
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From: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o |
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To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o <gentoo-amd64@l.g.o> |
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] How to install to a RAID set? |
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Date: 06/05/06 20:22 |
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> > So I plugged the drives in and started exploring (they're 2 x 200 GB |
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Maxtor |
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> > SATA disks). After many attempts I now have a new WinXP installation |
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on the |
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> > new RAID-0 set, and all looks fine there. But after innumerable |
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attempts and |
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> > much hair tearing I still have no trace of Gentoo. I've eventually |
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> > discovered that I need to pass "dmraid=X" to the installer |
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at CD-boot time, |
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> > but the instructions are both wrong and unhelpful in telling me what |
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X is. I |
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> > did manage to read "man dmraid" (though not print it - |
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anyone know how to |
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> > print Linux man pages on a Windows box?) from which it seemed I |
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needed an |
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> > -ay paramter, thus: |
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> After quite a few experience with most software RAID that require drivers |
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> I have come to the conclusion that they are not worth anything. You are |
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> much better off using Linux software raid which will work even if you |
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> change chipsets, as in upgrading your computer in a later point in time. |
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> Also there are quite a few software Raid out there that require you to |
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> rebuild the Raid if you ever update the Bios. |
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> I would only use only actual real Hardware RAID such as an IBM ServeRaid |
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> card. |
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> If you need raid in Windows XP I think that it also supports a virtual |
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> Raid system, I have never used it so ymmv. |
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