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



Alvin,

OK, I will see, I'm just worried the HPT-370 is an "ata-100 only" type thing, it wouldn't work even at ata33 w/redhat < 2.4 kernel.

My second question would be more about the Debian install process, but perhaps you will know - Is there any way to setup the install on a RAID array from the start?

Marcus

Alvin Oga wrote:
hi ya marcus

the system will work at ata33 speed...if you can run at ata66...
it will run there... if you have the ata100 patches it will try to run
faster... supposedly..but it will at least run ata33 as a minimum
( kinda like the modem handshaking...anybody speaking ata100 out there )

even if eveythng is tweeked... i bet you can't sustain 33Mbyte/sec
transfer speeds....across the disks...
- all those ata/xx is just a "claim" ???
- similarly with scsi-scsi2-scsi3-uwscsi3-scsi160-etc

lots of testing to tweek and optimized for your hw...by the time
you're satisfied...it'd be time to upgrade again...

and yes...keep slower devices on separate cables/channels..

c ya
alvin


On Wed, 9 May 2001, Marcus Marinelli wrote:

Alvin,

Well, my reason for using the onboard hpt controller is mainly that I
want both of those HDD's on a seperate cable. I am used to 10k rpm scsi
drives (spoiled), but need something quieter for where this computer is.
I do not want to put these drives on the same channel as a DVD-rom,
cd-burner, or anything like that.

So by patching, you are suggesting that I already have a working linux
distrib to patch the kernel. how do I get that far without already
having the drives working?



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when you do, it blows away your whole leg.


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