From: Aleksandar Milivojevic <amilivojevic@xxxxxx>
> MegaRAID drivers (and hardware they drive) doesn't have very bright
> history. When it works, it works. When it doesn't work, you are simply
> out of luck. From what you wrote, seems you belong in "out of luck"
> category.
> BTW, shouldn't MegaRAID cards be hardware RAID?
Many are, but not all.
The ones that do have an Intel IOP 8030# (i960-based) or
8032#/8033# (StrongARM/XScale-based).
> If you configure RAID in card's BIOS, instead of using software RAID,
> does it than work correctly?
The BIOS is _only_ for 16-bit Int13h (interupt 13 hexadecimal) services.
I.e., boot-time and DOS (including DOS7 aka Win9x/Me in "compatibiltiy mode").
The presence of a BIOS does _not_ mean it's "hardware" RAID.
In fact, that's how 98% of the "FRAID" cards work -- totally _useless_ once
a 32/64-bit kernel boots.
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