Re: Serviceable RAID-1?

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Does it actually work when Installing a fresh copy of RH 7.2?  I tried them
about a week ago and it was the same as the old drivers and would not finish
the install.

TIA!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Miller" <eamiller@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 11:37 AM
Subject: RE: Serviceable RAID-1?


> The new fasttrack family drivers available from promise.com allow for
> installation of RedHat (up to 7.2) on the controllers with their new
> drivers.  Unless you have a multiprocessor machine, in which case you are
> limited to Redhat 7.1.
>
> Regards,
> --------------------------------
> Eric Miller
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ataraid-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ataraid-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of List Account
> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 10:31 AM
> To: ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Serviceable RAID-1?
>
>
> Lots of the onboard Promise and Highpoint controllers can be jumpered to
be
> just an Ultra 100 Controller.  I just do this and then use software RAID
1,
> and it works good and fast.  I have done this on a few Asus A7V-133 based
> boxes with good success.
>
> For real FastTraks, I have heard that you can install one drive, boot and
> create an array, then remove it and do the same with the 2nd drive.  Then
> install both, reboot, and do the RH Installation, and use SW RAID 1, and
all
> will install well.  I could probably dig up the exact posting describing
> this procedure.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Warren Togami" <warren@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 7:29 AM
> Subject: Re: Serviceable RAID-1?
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Arjan van de Ven" <arjanv@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 11:22 AM
> > Subject: Re: Serviceable RAID-1?
> >
> >
> > >
> > > The driver is included in the Red Hat kernels,
> > > just the installer doesn't work with it ;(
> > >
> >
> > Arjan,
> >
> > Is there any chance that the new Red Hat distrbution will be able to
> install
> > directly onto ATARAID?  I have a dozen new prospective Linux users
> > complaining every week at the AMDMB Linux forum about not being able to
> > install onto FastTrak or Highpoint, and it would really bad nice if a
> > mainstream distribution could install easily for these users.  People
that
> > use this (crappy) controller are the vast majority of our users and
we're
> > saddened when most of them give up in anger over this issue. =(
> >
> > How is the stability of RAID 1 in the latest driver?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Warren Togami
> > warren@xxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
> >
> >
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