RAID1 under GRUB Configuration Help Needed

[Steven Stromer]

Gilboa Davara wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-09-24 at 13:54 -0400, Steven Stromer wrote:
>> I have been closely following a great HOWTO at:
>> http://howtos.linuxbroker.com/howtoreader.shtml?file=Linux-Promise-RAID1-HOWTO.html
>>
>> to install a Promise FastTrack66 hardware RAID card into my FC5 box for 
>> RAID1. I have managed to plow through the steps up to editing lilo.conf, 
>> but FC5 uses GRUB as the default bootloader. Would anyone be able to 
>> walk me through the steps for editing grub.conf from the point where 
>> this article focuses on lilo.conf?
>>
>> I have read the GRUB documentation, as well as the documentation on a 
>> few other forums, but am still struggling a bit, and don't want to go 
>> off in the wrong direction at this point (if I haven't already)!
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Steven Stromer
>>
> 
> OT question: FastTrack66 is a semi-hardware RAID (read: Most of the work
> is being handled by the CPU) and it is far from being fast//stable/etc.
> Why not setup a fully software RAID setup instead?
> 
> Gilboa
> 
I have a bunch of identical Pentium III boxes here in mint condition. I 
am trying to use them to the best of their humble ability, but only with 
the hardware I have on hand; I don't want to make any financial 
investment into them. I have a bunch of brand new FastTrack66 cards 
sitting around. They are faster than the controllers on the 
motherboards, as I undestand, I can attach each drive to a separate 
channel, and the only other option is to throw the cards away. I haven't 
had any negative experiences with these controllers, and they have only 
glowing reviews on older web pages. Is there a history of problems that 
I should know about? Finally, I am enjoying learning more about drives 
and drive configuration during this process. So far, it has been very 
educational for me. If you think it's a terrible idea to run these, I'll 
take your advisement, but if you agree with my reasoning for using them, 
I'd really appreciate your assistance.

Thanks,
Steven