On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 07:16:50PM -0500, Kyle Messineo wrote: > > Hello, > > I just installed the latest etch distro (kernel 2.6.18-3-686) onto a > whitebox intel pc running an Adaptec 2420sa raid controller and 4x sata > 750gb hd's. The raid is configured as raid5 on three drives with the 4th > running hotspare. > Here [0]: 4. I have an Adaptec 1210SA SATA RAID card. Why doesn't Linux support my hardware RAID? A. It's not hardware RAID. It is software RAID, provided by the BIOS on the card. Now, I am going to take a guess and assume that the 2420sa is also a fake raid. Given that, you are much better off using the kernel's built-in software RAID. Regards, -Roberto [0] http://linux-ata.org/faq-sata-raid.html#ad1210 -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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