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On 12/10/2005 1:17 PM Stroller wrote: |
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> On Dec 10, 2005, at 5:08 pm, drew@××××××××××××××.net wrote: |
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>> I have a system on an Abit motherboard with the Nvidia GeForce 4 |
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>> chipset. |
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>> There are two SATA disks in a hardward stripe configuration using the |
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>> controller built in to the motherboard. |
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>> I booted the latest Knoppix dated 9/23/05 and see two |
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>> icons on the desktop for my drives. One for sda the other for sdb. |
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>> I can |
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>> not mount either. I assume this is because Knoppix is seeing each drive |
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>> individually instead of the one logical striped drive it is. |
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> I'm no expert on this, but I believe that many ATA "hardware" RAID |
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> arrangements in fact just use their Windoze drivers to do software |
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> RAID. I'd do some research via Googling the chipset &/or board's model |
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> number if I were you. |
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I haven't found anything yet but then I haven't looked real hard. |
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However I suspect this does not rely on any Windows drivers as the |
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controller is managed long before Windows boots. Just after POST and |
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before the OS starts, a brief message showing the controller is |
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displayed. By pressing F10, I can manage my stripe. Much like I see |
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most SCSI cards. |
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>> Is there some magic I can perform at the boot prompt to get Knoppix |
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>> to see the |
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>> two individual drives as one logical striped drive? I can't recover |
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>> the data |
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>> from booting Windows because it's all screwed up and reboots itself |
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>> after logon. |
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> If my guess is correct then the best thing might be to install Windows |
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> on a spare drive & boot from that to see the RAID as one. You might |
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> try booting with a Windows CD & see if the RAID is recognised as a |
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> single partition... if you get the option to do a repair install you |
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> _should_ be able to get an at-least-mostly-working Windows install & |
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> all your data intact. Recover the data to a portable drive & format. |
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Thanks. I tried an overlay install again and things seem to be going |
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well. Copying data now. |
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Thanks for your ideas! |
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Drew |
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