I'll be getting my new Athlon box with a Gigabyte board that has a Promise RAID controller on it sometime next week, so I'll test your method and let you know. :) > > Hi > > I say "raid array" to mean the array you create inside Promise FastTrak > BIOS. I use the term raid partition to point to /dev/ataraid/d?p? > > So, here is the clearer version of step 5: > > 5. Cntrl+F and enter into FastTrak BIOS. Create raid array of your > taste. Reboot but this with CD#1 in the cdrom. Boot in the CD with > command: "linux noprobe appendline" > > Murty > > On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Alon Weinstein wrote: > > > Thanks for your guide. I would've tried it if I had a spare > machine with a > > Promise RAID on it :) > > > > > > A question if I may: > > > > > > > 4. Make partitions on individual ide disks using fdisk. > Reboot. Boot again > > > in CD#1 using "linux noprobe Appendline". Go into manual partitioning > > > using DRUID. Make sure you see all the partitions you made on > both disks > > > and they are how you wanted. If not or if wrong, make changes > in DRUID and > > > reboot. > > > > > > 5. Create raid array of your taste. Boot in CD#1 using "linux noprobe > > > Appendline" > > > > If I understood correctly, at this stage there is no ATA RAID driver > > loaded - not the Promise one nor the native one. So how can I > define a "raid > > array of my taste" if there is no RAID module loaded? > > > > > > Alon. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list >
