Re: RAID 1 : DEBIAN (WOODY) b2.4 - compatible Parallel ATA disk / compatible hardware RAID 1 controller
Hi Alvin,
OK - so - suppose I find an IDE controller with Promise or Maxtor
chipset, and supposing there is native support in the kernel, what
then ....
Cheers Jim.
On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 03:40:13 -0800 (PST), Alvin Oga
<aoga@ns.linux-consulting.com> wrote:
>
> hi ya
>
> On Tue, 1 Feb 2005, jim biri wrote:
>
> > That Highpoint card is in fact not a RAID card, it is an IDE
>
> too much work .. throw it away ... or better still, give it to the
> fiddler at the local linux lugz
>
> > So, any pointers as to where I'd start?
>
> buy a real ide controller ...
> - promise chipset aka maxtor chipset
>
> - the onboard ide connectors supports 2 drives per cable
> ( 4 ide devices ... 2 of the same speed on each )
>
> > Does this sound sensible? Realistic? What one would expect to do?
>
> simpler to buy a $5 ide controller at your local pc surplus place
>
> if you insist on compiling the hp controller sources, that should
> compile cleanly ... and than "insmod that-silly-hp-module.o"
>
> c ya
> alvin
>
>
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