Abit RAID 0 not recognized
Nethaniel St. Donovan
nethaniel at box201.com
Fri Apr 30 17:28:28 UTC 2004
Thanks Jesse,
I'll try and kill the ABIT motherboard RAID and give that a shot.
It was more for a learning experience then actual need.
Perhaps GRUB won't fail at first boot if I kill the motherboard raid.
NS
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-test-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:fedora-test-list-
> bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Jesse Keating
> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 11:15 AM
> To: fedora-test-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: Abit RAID 0 not recognized
>
> On Friday 30 April 2004 10:09, Nethaniel St. Donovan wrote:
> > Fresh install FC2T3. The installer doesn't see my ABIT motherboard
> > onboard RAID. The installer works fine but the disk druid autoconfig
> > shows me both drives and configs one while leaving the other drive
> > open as free-space. I tried to configure a software RAID 0 but won't
> > let me install /boot on a software RAID 0. I have 2 drives in the
> > ABIT physical RAID and they are both of different sizes. Thus RAID 0
> > lets me stripe across them. The RAID is set up at POST so it's
> > already operating when the installer boots. Has anyone seen this
> > problem? I've been trying to install for a while (most of the night)
> > so could be an error between the keyboard and the monitor by now :)
>
> Blanket message.
>
> WinRAID on these boards are NOT SUPPORTED by opensource drivers.
> WinRAID is a joke, and should only be used if you're using Windows on
> the system. Please do not report failures of Fedora Core and your
> WinRAID onboard solution. SATA is supported in a CONTROLLER ONLY mode,
> not WinRAID. Hardware RAID cards such as 3ware and LSI are supported
> in RAID mode via opensource drivers, but you will not find these
> onboard your motherboard.
>
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