> 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! > > > > > > > > They are basicly reselling the highpoint card for their low end > ataraid card. I know this based on conversation my adaptec rep, and > visual examination of the card. (After which I handed the card back to > him.) In theroy it should work just like a highpoint card, but note > that Adaptec doesn't claim the card works with linux. > > PS- Note that this is a completely different card than the 2400A which > uses the same driver as adaptec's low end scsi cards. > OK, I figured for the money I paid it was hardly more expensive than a normal ATA100 card anyway, so I decided to go ahead. I donwloaded the drivers for RedHat from the Highpoint site, did the new kernel, copied it to boot, installed the module and did LILO. After reboot the card was recognized, but nothing loaded, so I did: insmod sd_mod insmod hpt37x2 and voilá: /dev/sda @ 80 GB.... :-) The only issue was that I couldn't follow their suggestions on replacing the SCSI mod sense, so I tried made a slightly different approach... I altered rc.sysinit so it includes, just before the software raid start the following bit: action $"Starting up SCSI support: " insmod scsi_mod action $"Starting up SCSI harddisk support: " insmod sd_mod action $"Starting up HPT37x2 devices: " insmod hpt37x2 This makes it look nice in the bootscreen and adds the output to dmesg, what else can one wish? So in all I am one happy puppy... --FP
