Re: Re: RAID bus controller: Promise Technology, Inc. PDC20376 (FastTrak376)(rev 02)
xschmi00@stud.feec.vutbr.cz wrote:
The native Promise RAID mode is now a big turn off.
Beacuse there is no such thing. Your Promise is not a HW RAID controller.
Please see
http://linux.yyz.us/sata/faq-sata-raid.html and
http://linux.yyz.us/sata/software-status.html#pata
Michal
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Michal-
No, Promise RAID mode is not a HW RAID controller.
I think the Promise RAID mode is a TOY RAID controller.
I already tried the HW_raid module and that didn't work. I
tried the sata_promise module and that didn't work either. I
can't find the TOY_raid module for Promise. I have a VIA
RAID also on the motherboard and think that also uses the
TOY_raid module.
Does anybody have the TOY_raid module for Promise or VIA?
What about Intel and Sil? This seems to be a problem with
i386 also for all motherboards with a TOY RAID in the BIOS.
Thanks for the links. The VIA RAID mode and Promise RAID
mode have a BIOS ROM chip not a PGA chip so they aren't
hardwired. The BIOS can set the disks up as RAID0, RAID1 or
RAID0+1 or as individual disks. How can I tell the
sata_promise I am using RAID mode not individual disks?
I don't think the sata_promise was designed to use the
native Promise RAID mode. Is there someplace that says not
to use the sata_promise for native Promise RAID mode?
I don't disagree with the sata_promise not supporting the
native Promise RAID mode because TOY RAID is bad RAID and
not good enough for Linux. Did I miss something someplace?
Maybe I should say:
The native Promise RAID mode is a big don't turn on.
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