On Monday, 11. March 2002 22:25, you wrote: > Hi, Hi, > I'm new to the list, but not to the misery of trying to run a Linux > server with Promise "RAID" controllers! I have the equivalent of a > Fastrak100TX2 in the form of a 20267 embedded chip on the mobo. > I've now tired of not being able to get off RH 7.1 or even build my > own kernels, and need to take some action for the sake of my sanity! hhm, i have asus TUSL2 with promise chipset - doing ataraid just fine. maybe you want to try out the gentoo boot cd - works right of it! http://www.gentoo.org > So, I'm running a pair of identical IDE drives in RAID-1 with the > binary fte.o driver from Promise, and would like to move to a > software raid solution with the kernel md devices. I did not realize > until I tried it, but it would appear that I cannot just make this > controller a standard IDE controller. If I disable the RAID on the > motherboard, it totally disables it - no IDE on those ports at all. you should have 4 ide ports on your mainboard right? if want to do pure software raid then you could settle for the onboard controller. i don't hink it differs that much performance wise... (?) > I'm assuming, then, that I need to make these devices JBOD, but have > them only spanning themselves? If I make this change, does anybody > know the following: > a) Does the Fastbuild utility mess with my data at all, or will each > drive retain a complete copy of all the data? > b) How do these devices show up in Linux? What sort of driver do I > need? c) If I convert one drive to JBOD, and leave the other one > 'free', presumably the 'free' one will serve as a good backup until I > prove the booting? > > Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!! > Many thanks > > James sorry - if this was not what you were looking for -- regards Thilo
