Boot from ICH6R Intel Software SATA Raid?

[Keith G. Robertson-Turner]

Keith G. Robertson-Turner wrote:

> Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D mobo
> 
> 2 x WD Raptor 74GB RAID0 (Boot + OS)
> 2 x Maxtor 400GB RAID0 (Data + Scratch)
> All running off an Intel 82801FR SATA Raid Controller (ICH6R)

> So, my questions:
> 
> 1) ... Has anyone actually succeeded in setting up a similar configuration?
> 
> 2) ... How can I get access to dmraid during setup?
> 
> 3) ... Will this actually work, given access to dmraid, or are the 
> drivers (ata_piix, iswraid) still not fully functional?
> 
> 4) ... Will FC4 be prepped and ready for this type of install?

To partly answer my own questions, I found this on the devel-list:

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2004-October/msg00728.html

Ref:
     * From: Mark Wormgoor <mark wormgoor com>
     * Subject: DMRaid in Fedora devel
     * Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 20:32:53 +0200

I haven't studied it in great detail yet, but it looks promising.

-
K.