On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 01:36:16PM -0700, Richard Weil wrote: > I missed the beginning of this thread, so I could be > missing the point entirely, but it is possible to boot > from a software RAID setup on a second IDE controller. Thanks for the input! You were right on track :) But I guess I will still need a disk on the on board controller where the bios can find an mbr, right? > I setup a Promise ata133 ide controller with 2 drives > attached in RAID1 configuration -- system boots fine. > In the kernel configuration, in the ATA/IDE/... > section, select the "Boot off-board chipsets first". Hmm, I don't suppose this would me configurable via modconf? I like stock kernels because it's so easy to add modules that way. But no problem, I'll set up a kernel with that option this weekend and try it out! > You should read the help; you'll want to add an > "ide=reverse" parameter to LILO. I havn't found any reference to the ide=reverse parameter in the manpages to lilo or lilo.conf. Any pointers? Thanks a million! Greetings, -- Vinai Registered Linux User #280755, Debian GNU/Linux http://counter.li.org/ Secure eMail with gnupg http://www.gnupg.org/
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