Install onto fakeraid
My installation saga continues into it's fourth week and I've narrowed
down some of the problems in setting up my dual-boot system. To recap:
- I have an ASUS m2n SLI mobo with 4 identical SATA drives
- I would like to use two drives each for two raid1s for windows and debian
My current issue is getting a setup that plays well with BIOS and
booting. Here are the restrictions on the game as far as I can tell:
- Windows doesn't like software raid (at least, not without the "server"
version)
- You can't mix and match arrays and non-arrays, meaning the
pseudo-hardware onboard raid must either include all four drives in two
arrays, or none (all software).
Because of the first restriction above, it sounds like the best solution
would be for Linux to be installed on the "hardware" raid. From what
I've read, this involves something called fakeraid and a custom
installer kernel. Problem is, I can't find two pieces of documentation
that agree on how to go about this; most writeups are extremely dated
and apply to much older versions of the installer (at least two years old).
Questions:
1) can anybody point me in the right direction for documentation you
feel reflects the current state of the install process?
2) is this a bad idea for a newbie linux person to try to mess with? If
so, is this a less-than-a-fortune project for a consultant (I am not
rich, this is not for a business)?
Thanks,
Michael
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