Re: Trouble installing with HPT370 RAID
On Saturday 19 February 2005 20:50, Sage wrote:
> I'm attempting to install Sarge (via the netinst CD image, using the
> Debian installer) onto an Iwill DVD266u-RN motherboard with onboard
> RAID. The RAID controller is a Highpoint HPT370 chip, and it is set up
> to perform RAID 1.
>
> When installing, I always boot linux26. I have already noticed that
> the installation hangs on all sorts of things unless I use the "noapic
> nolapic" option at boot.
>
> I have two 80GB disks in a RAID 1 array. However, when it comes time
> to set up partitions, the installer treats the disks like two separate
> drives, as though it detects the HPT370 as nothing more than an IDE
> controller. If I install onto only one drive, the mirror array is
> broken.
>
> Is there a way to force the installer to recognize the array? I was
> under the impression that Highpoint HPT370 RAID support was built into
> the kernel, though I am noticing that all references are to the 2.4
> kernel -- has it been removed from the 2.6 kernel, and if so, how do I
> rectify this?
HPT370 is not HW RAID, but SW RAID, so preferred solution is use it as IDE
controller and setup linux's native SW RAID on top of two separate IDE
drives. It will be far more stable and even more effective than using weird
RAID implementations on cheap "RAID" controllers which is anyway done 95% in
software.
Mixi
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