xerces8 schrieb:
From: Miroslav Maiksnar <ml@mixi.cz>On Saturday 19 February 2005 20:50, Sage wrote: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'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?I agree, but he seems to already have stuff on the disks that he does not want to lose. Regards, David
HiIn mho I think the driver module for the HPT is not loaded during boot time with the kernel. This module is loaded later (module!)
During booting the kernel recognizes only the ide 1 and 2 of the board.If you want the hpt it schould be built into the kernel and booted at the onset. This can be compared to the windoze OS, where the "normal" thinsgs are loaded and you add the special drivers for the different chips and sorts on the board with special drivers.
Does this help you. Hope so regards Lakshmanan