Alan Cox wrote: >>> I have a machine whose only hard drive is a SATA 160GB (Western >>> Digital). The SATA controller is an ITE IT8212 (a raid controller, but >>> I'm not using that feature). > > The IT8212 is a PATA controller not SATA. I guess they may have wired > SATA bridges to it. > >> machine I had to get the driver from the mfg web page and compile it >> myself. But later (I think it was at the Centos/RHEL5 transition) I found >> that there was a working driver in the system. So, I'd expect that Fedora >> 12 would have it built in too. > > It does. One thing worth noting is that the chip has two modes. In the > RAID mode it doesn't support CD-ROM devices but handles basic raid stuff > itself via its embedded microcontroller. In non-RAID mode it behaves > exactly like a standard IDE controller. Both modes are supported. RAID 0 > is generally best done using software RAID in Linux, RAID 1 there are > advantages to doing it either way. Some of the RAID firmwares are a bit > flakey so if you get a problem boot it with the device in non-RAID mode. > (if the BIOS won't let you set it then try 'pata_it821x.noraid=1' as a > boot option. > Thanks, that sounds like a good way to get one of these into JBOD mode when the BIOS is a POS (r). -- Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
