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> So I plugged the drives in and started exploring (they're 2 x 200 GB Maxtor |
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> SATA disks). After many attempts I now have a new WinXP installation on the |
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> new RAID-0 set, and all looks fine there. But after innumerable 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 at CD-boot time, |
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> but the instructions are both wrong and unhelpful in telling me what X is. I |
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> did manage to read "man dmraid" (though not print it - anyone know how to |
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> print Linux man pages on a Windows box?) from which it seemed I 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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