I'm running RAID 0/1 on the same controller (A7V333 with PDC20276 onboard) with no problems at all (kernel 2.4.20). The two master disks are RAID0 (160Gb) and the slave ones are RAID 1 (40Gb). The only problems I've had was with 2.4.20-ac1 - it didn't recognize the RAID - but now all goes well because I switched back to the vanilla 2.4.20. The big deal for me is speed; in my Linux box RAID0 is glued to 2Mb/sec although Windoze can do as much as 76Mb/sec !!! grrrrrrr.... Regards, On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 14:35:43 -0500 Gary Shadley wrote: # Is there anyone running RAID 1 using a Promise Fastrak Controller # without problems? It seems that if I try and boot using only one of the # disks in the mirror running 2.4.18 kernel, the kernel panics. # # Gary # # -----Original Message----- # From: ataraid-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx # [mailto:ataraid-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Forge # Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 2:16 PM # To: ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx # Subject: Re: Promise Fasttrak problems # # # 2.4.19/2.4.20 apparently changed how # # CONFIG_PDC202XX_FORCE=y # # works. I disabled the 'Fasttrak special feature' and am running # 2.4.20-ac1 without issues. # # # # Mokuso wrote: # # >Does anyone have some insight as to why the newer kernels 2.4.19/2.4.20 # # >seem to have issues with the promise raid controllers. Everything works # # >fine with 2.4.18: # > # >CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID=y # >CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID_PDC=y # ># CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID_HPT is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX=y # >CONFIG_PDC202XX_BURST=y # >CONFIG_PDC202XX_FORCE=y # >CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID_PDC=y # > # >Kernel 2.4.18: # >Promise Fasttrak(tm) Softwareraid driver for linux version 0.03beta # >PDC20267: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 10 # >PDC20267: chipset revision 2 # >PDC20267: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later # >PDC20267: ROM enabled at 0xfe8e0000 # >PDC20267: (U)DMA Burst Bit ENABLED Primary MASTER Mode Secondary MASTER # # >Mode. # > # >Kernel 2.4.20: # >PDC20267: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 10 # >PDC20267: chipset revision 2 # >PDC20267: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later # >PDC20267: ROM enabled at 0xfe8e0000 # >PDC20267: (U)DMA Burst Bit ENABLED Primary MASTER Mode Secondary MASTER # # >Mode. # >PDC20267: neither IDE port enabled (BIOS) # > # > # > # > # >_______________________________________________ # > # >Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx # >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list # > # > # > # > # # # # # _______________________________________________ # # Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx # https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list # # # # _______________________________________________ # # Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx # https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list
