<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3059" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=578391012-28022007>Thanks Jason,</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=578391012-28022007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=578391012-28022007>You omit RAID5 from your comments, does that mean it won't see a RAID5 set.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=578391012-28022007>I had setup a RAID 5 set in the BIOS and then booted from the FC6 CD and it failed at the point where it went to look for existing installations.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=578391012-28022007>Changing to IDE (SATA) or AHCI in the BIOS, allowed the install to continue.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=578391012-28022007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=578391012-28022007>I just assumed it couldn't handle the ICH8 chipset RAID.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=578391012-28022007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=578391012-28022007>I never tried RAID 0 or 1 - as I was not interested in using that solution - it never crossed my mind.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=578391012-28022007>Currently I'm running Linux SW RAID , but it was not where I wanted to be.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=578391012-28022007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=578391012-28022007>Also now that I've learned that BIOS RAID is really SW RAID, is there any point in pursuing BIOS RAID via the ICH8?</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=578391012-28022007>Will I get the same performance one way or the other?</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=578391012-28022007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=578391012-28022007>Rob :-)</SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: "Gaston, Jason D" <jason d gaston intel com></LI> <LI><EM>To</EM>: "ATARAID \(eg, Promise Fasttrak, Highpoint 370\) related discussions" <ataraid-list redhat com></LI> <LI><EM>Subject</EM>: RE: Intel ICH8R chipset</LI> <LI><EM>Date</EM>: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:46:30 -0800</LI></UL> <HR>  <TABLE width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD> <DIV class=Section1> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The ICH8R SATA RAID DeviceID is included in the AHCI driver that is in FC6. As far as I know, there are no “ICH8R” specific changes needed in DMRAID. <?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have found that FC6 will see and install to RAID0 or RAID1 ISW volumes created in the OROM.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Jason</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></FONT></DIV></B></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>