Re: ATA raid install
hi ya
if you're using the fastrack raid pci card ...
it needs the promise series drivers
if you're using the onboard raid ( bios-based ) controller
.. dont bother ... unless you have lots of time and "hair"
and/or you could get lucky with that version of the bios
- be sure that the partitions you create are "FD" type
and NOT 82(linux) ( 83 is swap )
(my) raid tests..
-- pull /dev/hda -- it should boot w/o intervention
-- pull /dev/hdc -- it should boot w/o intervention
-- add a fresh /dev/hda and see if it resyncs and can still boot
-- now write data to the disks and simulate a disk failure
hdparm -s 0 /dev/hda to put it to sleep(shutdown)
and see if you have good data or lost files
and if you still want to do raid ... because the bios raid failed...
just use /dev/hda and /dev/hdc as normal disk and
use software raid instead ... ( turn off the bios-based raid )
raid stuff...
http://www.1U-Raid5.net
c ya
alvin
On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, ktb wrote:
> I've been wading though the various howtos and list archives and could
> use some advice. I have a GA-7VAXP Gigabyte motherboard with on-board
> ATA raid. I've got the disks set up with MBFastrack 2+0 stripe.
>
> Should I be attempting this with stable/testing/unstable? Does anyone
> have a floppy set up for preloading the modules and kernel I need? What
> modules do I actually need? Any advice or links would be appreciated.
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