Linux + raid

[flamethrower205]

Knew something would get in the way! First I tried linux on my bro's nonfancy standard comp and it installed and works fine. Decided to go to my comp, which uses a raid0 of 2xD740X drives 80GB total. There's hda (250GB idea drive connected to mobo), hde (first maxtor in raid), hdg (2nd one) and then HDG1 which seems to be the raid. It says u want to install it to partition implying hdd, choose one:
WD 250GB
Maxtor 37GB
Maxtor 37GB

how do I make it see raid 80GB??

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[silverpig]

What motherboard with what raid controller?

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[flamethrower205]

AD11 with TX2000 in the PCI.

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[silverpig]

Hmmm, that card should be supported properly in linux... What distro are you using and what version number?

You can try to get a 2.6.x kernel gentoo live CD as that WILL have drivers for it all, and I hear the latest knoppix works really well too. At least you'll be able to set your drives up with either of those cds and then boot from whatever you wanted to use to finish the install.

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[flamethrower205]

I'll check out what those are, thanks. Trying to install Mandrake 9.2.

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[silverpig]

Mandrake 9.2 still uses the 2.4.22 (or 24?) based kernel. You get all sorts of goodies and drivers with the 2.6.x series of kernels. I had problems with my SATA controller with the gentoo 1.4 (running 2.4.22 kernel) live cd, but I had no problems using the 2.6.x based live cd.

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[poorboy]

It should be workable. Maybe track down the ataraid HowTo and see it there's anything useful in there. I've been running Linux with Promise ATA RAID-1 for a couple of years now, and I know it can work under the 2.4 kernel... it's just a bit tricky getting it all set up the first time. You may need to pass parameters at boot time, but let us know if Mandrake works for you.

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[flamethrower205]

Thanks all, I've got a real busy week coming up, but have Friday off, so I'll see what I can do then.

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