Re Adaptec AAR-1200A Francesco Peeters wrote: >Hello All, > >When I ordered an IDE RAID card from my supplier, it was on backorder >for several weeks, so he ended up ordering a different one: Adaptec >ATA-RAID1200A > >I know it has the HPT chipset on there, so basically it should work as >a IDE controller with the added fucntionality of the RAID BIOS and the >ATA-RAID compataibility... > >However before I open the package (or actually the Anti-static bag, as >the box itself is already open!) I should like to know whether anyone >has any experience using this card on Red-Hat 7.1 or above. > >I am not looking for OS, just for the DATA disk to be RAID-1. > >I am not sure yet whether I'll go for ata-raid or md, but either way I >should like to know if the card'll work... > >Any comments would be welcome! I've got one of the above the chip is definitely a HPT370. I flashed the firmware with the firmware from the highpoint site, and it now behaves like the highpoint one. Unfortunately I did not get any further with the installation as the Unit requires a later version of the pci bus than the machine that I had originally intended to deploy it with. I'd wager a beer that it would work. BTW I've got the same chip working on an IWILL branded board in another machine, running RH7.1, but that was using the highpoint drivers. Steve Bates Accurate Software Ltd The Courtyard, Denmark Street, Wokingham, RG40 2AZ, UK. Tel: +44 (0)118 977 3889 Fax +44 (0)118 977 1260 Web: http://www.accuratesoftware.com The information in this email is confidential and privileged and is intended only for the use of the individual or entity listed above. If you are neither the intended individual, or entity listed above, nor the person responsible for the delivery of this email to the intended recipients, you are hereby notified that any unauthorised distribution, copying or use of this email is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify the Accurate system manager at postmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or on +44 (0)118 977 3889. The views expressed in this communication may not necessarily be the views held by the Accurate Group.
