FCn + onboard raid on SE7221BK

[Dan]

Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> Am Mi, den 29.03.2006 schrieb T. Horsnell um 16:01:
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>> Has anyone successfully implemented the integrated raid
>> system on an Intel SE7221BK1 system with FC-anything?
>> The 'Technical Product Specification' document for
>> this board doesnt cover RAID at all. It only mentions
>> it in two places in the BIOS section.
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>> Terry.
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> That is 'fake RAID' (BIOS supported software RAID) - forget about it and
> use Linux Software RAID.
>
> Alexander
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On the contrary: FC5 fully supports installing and booting from many 
flavors of fakeraid, through dmraid. Any previous version won't work 
without serious muddling around though (e.g. won't install OR boot at 
first). Google for whether dmraid supports your fakeraid chipset.
-Dan