On Monday 23 June 2003 10:52, Ross Jordan wrote:
> > I've got my hands on an ABIT KD7-S SATA RAID motherboard (Silicon
> > Image SIL3112A chipset). Has anyone had any experience with the
> > on-board SATA-controller (with or without the RAID)? I'd like to be
> > able to use the hardware RAID (two disks, one on each channel), but
> > software will work also.
>
> It is doubtful that any (ide) on-board controller is really hardware
> RAID.  They are usually just IDE controller with drivers (i.e. software)
> for RAID support.
>
> The supported chipsets and vendors page is here:
> http://www.linux-ide.org/chipsets.html
>
> It lists the sil3112 as SATA controller (not hardware raid).
>
> Cheers,
> Ross

Good luck getting the 3112(A) to work ATM.  There are "fixes" being developed 
right now, but with some kernels I get early boot panics, with others I have 
to use the infamous (?) /proc fix.

-- 
Zack Gilburd
http://tehunlose.com

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