Where's the hardware compatibility list?

[Jeroen Lankheet]

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> On Behalf Of Jeroen Lankheet
> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 1:39 AM
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> Subject: Where's the hardware compatibility list?
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> Hi there,
> 
> I need to upgrade from RH7.3 either to RH9 or to Fedora. I base my
> decision on the presence of HPT370 RAID support. RH9 has a 3rd party
> driver. But i cannot find any information on Fedora RAID support, or any
> other hardware support.
> 
> Could anyone please tell me where it is?
> 
> Jeroen Lankheet
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> Jeroen, a number of people have already recommended that you avoid using
> the HPT370 RAID functionality and I won't argue with that.  I have an
> add-in HPT370 PCI card in my system and I use Fedora's software striping
> + parity (I forget which RAID level that is) because Linux will
> recognize that controller as a plain old IDE controller.  Now, if you
> want to boot your system from that RAID device, I think that another
> message has explained why that may be more of a pain than it's worth,
> but if you are looking to boot from a single drive and use the RAID
> array for a separate partition(s), I would recommend avoiding the
> Highpoint drivers altogether and just using Linux's software RAID.
> You'll find that the performance of Fedora's RAID implementation is
> superior to that of Highpoint.
> 
> Or, if nothing else, you can at least add up to four more drives to your
> system without using RAID.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> Drew
> 
> Drew Dunn
> Simulation Engineer
> Micron Technology, Inc.
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Thanks again,

I remember a software RAID can be configured during installation is it not?
Or do I have to do that once the system is already running?

Regards,
Jeroen.