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[Craig White]

On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 14:05 +0800, Hadders wrote:

> > ----
> > real hardware raid is invisible to the OS and simply works.
> >
> > the 'fake raid' stuff actually is software raid only you become locked
> > into a proprietary implementation which requires a driver compatible
> > with your kernel and hopefully proprietary driver keeps up with kernel
> > releases. Most people opt just to use software raid...it works with
> > windows and with linux, it doesn't require proprietary drivers, the
> > drives can move to another computer/controller and still work and
> > probably faster, more reliable and a well known set of tools to
> > administer the raid.
> >
> > That said, perhaps someone can help you with your objectives - my
> > comment was that few people are likely to be familiar with your hardware
> > and the requirements to make it work.
> >
> > Good luck
> >
> > Craig
> >
> >   
> Sorry, you've lost me?  How can I implement software RAID in Linux that 
> Windows will use too?
> 
> That's the objective here, to create a bootable, shared Windows/Linux 
> setup that uses the same container. Windows will use the container via 
> its Intel driver and Linux will access it how? That's where I'm stuck, I 
> was under the impression that I could access it through dmraid.
> 
> As I said, if I didn't want to dual boot and share, I'd be using Linux 
> Software RAID quicker than you could blink.
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well hang in there and perhaps someone can help you get the dmraid
working.

Craig