Thilo, I tried it. Amazing! So who owns this driver? I noticed it is called 0.03BETA - it doesn't instill a great deal of confidence in me, I must admit... Though I like the Gentoo stuff, and will probably install it on my workstation, I would prefer to migrate this server slowly through the RedHat cycle, until time to do a major rehack. Where do I get this driver for RedHat or generic kernels? Many thanks James -- James Morle Scale Abilities, Ltd http://www.scaleabilities.co.uk Author of "Scaling Oracle8i - Building Highly Scalable OLTP System Architectures" > -----Original Message----- > From: ataraid-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:ataraid-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thilo Bangert > Sent: 12 March 2002 08:41 > To: ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Serviceable RAID-1? > > > On Tuesday, 12. March 2002 01:13, you wrote: > > Hi Thilo, > > > > Are you saying that your ataraid driver supports RAID-1?! > > yes - try the gentoo bootcd! > load the ataraid driver: # modprobe ataraid > load the pdcraid driver: # modprobe pdcraid > > i have two IBM 60 GB each running master on the primary and > secondary > promise controller - setup to do raid 1. > > afterloading the drivers you can access the raid array from > /dev/ataraid/disc0/disc > > NB.:gentoo is running devfsd > > # fdisk /dev/ataraid/disc0/disc > to make partitions which the would be at > > /dev/ataraid/disc0/partx > > where x is a number > > >It may not > > have been clear, because I only mention the actual RAID > level in the > >subject line. I do indeed have 4 IDE ports, but due to the > inability > >of IDE to have more than one outstanding I/O per bus, I > prefer only to > >use one device per bus. Therefore, I would like to use the Promise > >channels to run software raid from. > > > > Cheers > > > > James > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: ataraid-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > > > [mailto:ataraid-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thilo Bangert > > > Sent: 11 March 2002 23:39 > > > To: ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: Re: Serviceable RAID-1? > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/at> araid-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list > > -- > regards > Thilo > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/at> araid-list >
