Has this setup proven itself over time? When did you implement this approach? Thanks!! WJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fabrizio Gabbiani" <gabbiani@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 7:53 PM Subject: Re: MSI-694D+Promise+Raid 0 > > Yes, that's a pretty good solution! It is not exactly what I want > though. But I guess in the worst case I can fold back onto that one. > > Joe Cooper wrote: > > > I'm not sure if it's the solution you're looking for (or even useful > > in your case), but we use motherboards that have the Lite controller > > on-board with RH7.2...The way I've gotten it to install (as a standard > > IDE drive on /dev/hde and /dev/hdg--not ataraid), is to create a > > separate 'array' on each disk. Do this by inserting one disk, > > booting, creating the array. Take out disk 1, insert disk 2 and > > repeat. After this, there will be two 'arrays' defined. > > > > Red Hat will happily install and work on these disks, treating them as > > standard hdx disks. Since we don't use any Win stuff on these boxes > > or use the Promise drivers, it causes no problems. We use standard > > Linux software RAID mirroring on the disks, instead of the ataraid > > software RAID. > > > > List Account wrote: > > > >> I wish I knew! I have a 694D and a K7TPro2AR and BOTH have the > >> "lite" RAID > >> Controller. I would LOVE to get this thing or my ASUS A7V-133 RAID > >> to work > >> with RH 7.2 in RAID 1. > >> > >> I have used the software hack on the A7V-133 to make it go from > >> "lite"(RAID > >> 0 only) to full FastTrak 100 capabilities.(Freeware software > >> hack..email for > >> the link). I could always flash it back cause it is itching to > >> become an > >> email server....and do away with 2000 Server! > >> > >> I am hoping that some Kind soul will share the "key to the kingdom" with > >> us!! Hint Hint > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> WJ > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Fabrizio Gabbiani" <gabbiani@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >> To: <ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 4:51 PM > >> Subject: MSI-694D+Promise+Raid 0 > >> > >> > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I was wondering if anyone would have input concerning the following > >>> > >> problem. > >> > >>> I have a linux box with an MSI 694D motherboard (dual PIII processor) > >>> with an on > >>> board RAID driver from Promise (Fasttrack 100 Lite, 20265). The machine > >>> is happily > >>> working with linux RH 70 (2.2.16-22smp) and the Promise driver > >>> (rhddsmp-110b6). > >>> I wanted to upgrade to a 2.4 kernel and my understanding was that the > >>> newest kernels > >>> should have incorporated support for RAID Promise 20265. I downloaded > >>> 2.4.16 compiled with the ATA > >>> RAID options, SMP support and installed it on an additional harddrive. > >>> However, as soon as I activate the > >>> RAID array (i.e. physically plug in the power to the two hard drives > >>> that make up the array) > >>> the booting sequences freezes right after detecting the 20265. > >>> Everything works fine if there > >>> is no RAID array (ie., the two hard drives are power unplugged). > >>> > >>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions to debug this. > >>> > >>> Fabrizio. > >> > > > > -- > Fabrizio Gabbiani phone: (713) 798 1849 > Division of Neuroscience fax: (713) 798 3946 > Baylor College of Medicine email: gabbiani@xxxxxxxxxxx > One Baylor Plaza, > Houston, TX 77030 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list
