Re: Debian install/2.4 Kernel/ATA-100 RAID

[Marcus Marinelli <marcus@marinelli.org>]

   Alvin,

 How would I used the ata-100 patches however, if I am installing the system 
on my ATA-100 drives? I got the feeling that older versions of rh at least 
w/o 2.4 kernel did not support the hpt-370 w/ata-100 *at all*?

 The 2 drives are plugged physically into the hpt-370 controller (1 per cable 
of course), but I am actually running the raid via software (here's my raidtab:)

 raiddev             /dev/md0
 raid-level                  0
 nr-raid-disks               2
 chunk-size                  64k
 persistent-superblock       1
 #nr-spare-disks     0
     device          /dev/hdg1
     raid-disk     0
     device          /dev/hde5
     raid-disk     1

 The reason for running the RAID via software is simply cause the folks at 
Highpoint haven't released a linux module/driver/etc. for the hpt-370 that 
supports the raid functions (ARGH!)

 Marcus

 Alvin Oga wrote:

hi marcus

you need to download the ata-100 patches

search google.com for 
	"raid ata100 patches"

read the posts and info and experiences of others on
rh and debian et.al w/ ata100 and abit mb's

---
am confused... 

are you using the abit onboard raid controller HPT370 
( no /etc/raidtab needed ) or are you using sw raid ( /etc/raidtab ) ???

striped raid0 is good  for reading data back twice as
fast.... does not help much in writing data...
	- good for webservers presenting pages...

have fun raiding
alvin
http://www.Linux-Consulting.com/Raid


== save your existing disks.... get a second pair of ide disks and
== see if the debian installer allows oyu to do "make raid"
== during its install
== if not... you can create the raid devices manually...
== a major pain in the butt if you dont have an existing "linux" 
== running to create the partitions and format and mount it
== than install the distro into it

On Wed, 9 May 2001, Marcus Marinelli wrote:

Hello everyone,

I've been following this list for a few weeks now, starting to become 
more and more interested in Debian. Right now I am running my box on 
redhat 7.1 (2.4 kernel), on an IDE Raid 0 (striped) array. I am using 
the HPT 370 Raid controller on my abit kt7-raid, in software mode 
however, as the chipset is only supported as an ATA-100 controller in 
linux, not a raid controller :(. How I did this was during the 
installation of RedHat, it allowed me to create a raid partition for /. 
I also made normal ext2 partitions for /boot, and a swap partition. Now 
my system boots fine off of /dev/md0.

Now, to come to the point(!) I'd like to know the status of a deb 
distrib (Woody i guess?) that ships with 2.4 kernel packages (for 
ATA-100), and will allow raid partitions set up in installation. I have 
heard that if you install using apt-get to grab just the packages you 
want, co!
uld it be somehow setup to install 2.4 kernel packages instead 
of the default? is the default in woody or sid already 2.4? (I don't get 
the impression it is, but..) Is their any way to set up a raid partition 
in the setup process currently? if not is their one being planned and/or 
tested?

Basically, what do I need to do here to get myself converted ;-)

Thanks,
Marcus

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