On Mon, 2010-01-11 at 17:30 +0000, Camaleón wrote: > On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:10:20 +0000, michael wrote: > > > On Mon, 2010-01-11 at 16:53 +0000, Camaleón wrote: > > >> Side note: if you are considering mounting a RAID system, I would avoid > >> using the so-called "fakeraid" chipsets (BIOS/RAID and driver -or dm- > >> dependendant) and better go with a pure linux software raid (md). > >> > >> Another good option should be acquiring a real hardware raid card but > >> they are a bit expensive. > >> > >> Greetings, > > Camaleon, many thanks for the reply. Looks like the PROMISE one may be > > problematic but the VIA one okay (is that correct reading?). > > I'd say both chipsets are supported by any of "libata" or "ahci" drivers, > depending on the BIOS settings for SATA modes. > > > Note that at the moment I'm thinking of just using a single SATA (ie no > > RAID) but these seem to be the controllers so I'm presuming I need them > > to work okay! > > Please note that the above page lists the status for the "RAID" feature. > Standard use of sata disks (non-raid setup) should be o.k. > > http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/ASUS/A8V+Deluxe >
Camaleon, brill! That's a most useful link. I'll get myself a SATA and give it a whirl :) M -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
