Help configuring RAID0 - dmraid with SATA II drives and nvidia nforce 410

[Markku Kolkka]

Debbie Deutsch kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika lauantai, 28. 
tammikuuta 2006 17:20):
> The hard drives are brand new.  There is no data or partitions
> from other operating systems to preserve.

In that case, forget dmraid and use the native RAID setup in Disk 
Druid instead. Dmraid exists only for dual-boot compatibility 
with Windows.

> A) is there any way at all (from inside FC4 when it is running
> or during install) to get at the raid array that I have made
> in the BIOS?

If dmraid doesn't see it, then no.

> B) if the answer to the above is no, and I need to disable
> RAID in the BIOS, do I still use dmraid (because the nv_sata 
> driver is involved) to set up the array under FC4?

No, dmraid isn't used at all if you choose to use native software 
RAID.

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 Markku Kolkka
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