Re: hpt37x2 on Fedora core 1

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> 
> Hi,
> 
> > I had the same problem. People on the Fedora list and on the
> > redhat-install-list have pointed out that the Highpoint RAID is not such a
> > good RAID to go for. Because they adviced me to just go for the software
> > RAID, i did so. But if  you want to do it anyway, there was a post from
> > someone who managed to do  it. I will include the text, but doubt if it's
> > of any help to you.
> <SNIP>
> > Actually my system (RH9 and now FC1) is installed on a third disc (Primary
> > Master), but on the RAID disc I have several NTFS partitions that are
> > easily accessible.
> <SNIP>
> > Regards,
> > Jeroen Lankheet
> 
> I think she did not have a problem because she wasn't installing Fedora on
> the raid, but a normal ide disk. It shows, however, that the driver should
> work. Could it be that my BIOS version is too old (1.0.9b)? I'm afraid of
> losing my array if I flash the controller.
> 
> I'm aware that the HPT controller is not a good one, but I need raid on
> windows and linux (satellite images are huge). Therefore, software raid is
> not an option.
> 
> Thanks Jeroen.
> 
> 
> 
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> 

If your BIOS is old you may want to give that some attention, because there are
from what i remember some warnings about backwards compatibilities on the
Highpoint download site.

Good luck.

-- 

Regards,
Jeroen Lankheet




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