Re: Trouble installing with HPT370 RAID
From: Miroslav Maiksnar <ml@mixi.cz>
> 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.
I agree, but he seems to already have stuff on the disks that he does not want
to lose.
Regards,
David
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