The onboard RAID would only be truly beneficial for Windows anyway. It's not a true hardware RAID controller though it is faster than most. So, as Kbob suggested, softRAID it.
--- Garl Grigsby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I made a mistake (I know, can you believe it?!?) and now you > have the > chance to benefit from it. > > Now for the story. I recently ordered parts for a new system > from Newegg > [2]. It wasn't until the motherboard was installed in the case > and I was > in the bios that I realized that I had ordered the wrong board > (no raid > controller). Apparently, in my haste I filtered for ICH8 south > bridge > chipsets instead of ICH8R. Guess what the 'R' stands for..... > The total > amount of time the system was powered on was less than 10 > mins. > > I paid ~$120 for the board delivered. I'll deliver it to you > for $100 > (obo). Locally, an equivalent board would run ~$150. > > Thanks, > Garl > > [1] > http://www.intel.com/products/motherboard/dg965ry/index.htm > [2] > http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813121048 > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
