Re: Software VS Hardware Raid

["Jason Lim" <maillist@jasonlim.com>]

> > drive available. This requires that you do not boot with a failed disk
> > in your system.'
>
> Which won't necessarily work with the most recent LILO because it relies
on
> the BIOS detecting the disk as bad and skipping it (which may not
happen).
>

I think that may have been the problem I encountered... the motherboard
BIOS did not recognize the disk as bad/failed, because the disk was sort
of moving and working (grinding sounds could be heard from it)... the
drive responded during the disk identification bootup phase. Maybe some
other motherboards might work better, but I tested with an Asus and
Magic-Pro motherboard, and had the same thing happen.

I think (hopefully) that a Hardware IDE Raid card should solve this
problem. I am in the process of buying a couple of 3ware cards right now
(especially after Promise said outright that they do not support Debian,
and Adaptec had no response, only 3ware replied with help). I will connect
the failed drive to it, and see if it does anything, and let you know.
Perhaps enough of the disk's chipsets and such are responding that it
could even trick the RAID card into thinking it is sort of working
(although one would imagine that a specialized RAID card would have more
intelligence than a regular IDE motherboard).