Randall J. Parr schrieb: > Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > >> Markus Nicolussi schrieb: >> >>> Is there any possibility to install SUSE 10 on a System with two >>> SATA drives combined to a RAID with a fake RAID chip resp. >>> software RAID with BIOS support -- such as for example my >>> SiliconImage 3112A which creates some special signature on the >>> (MBR of?) the hard dirve(s?) called "Medley". On the ftp i see >>> the required dmraid package, but can YaST at installation time >>> make use of my "SATA fake RAID" ??? >> >> Yes, it can (sort of). But the procedure is long and complicated >> and will probably change with SUSE Linux 10.1. >> >> I'll write the procedure down in a few days when I'm not overloaded >> with university work anymore. > > Is there (or will there be) support for the fake-RAID > detector/drivers like sata_nv and/or installing Linux RAID based on > fake-RAID configuration? I have been googling my fingers off and > have been unable to find any at-all-user-friendly way to install a > current Linux distribution on a RAID 1+0 array of drives.
sata_nv is a hardware driver for the nvidia sata chipset, not for the fakeRAID part of the chipset. dmraid is a software package to layer an emulation for fakeRAID on top of existing hardware drivers. > I, personally, would be happy to use Linux software RAID BUT I have > found it extremely difficult and problematic to set up. With YaST2, setting up native Linux software RAID is done in 3 or 4 clicks during installation. > With hardware RAID (3ware, LSI, ...) I set up DRIVES in a RAID 1+0 or > RAID 5 array and then treat it as one big drive when partitioning > and installing. > > I believe, with newer kernels/mdadm/... that it is possible to create > drive arrays (instead of partition arrays) BUT this does not seem to > be supported by any current distributions installers. Did you try YaST2? > It would be great to be able to establish an array of drives in the > fake-RAID BIOS and have the installer/grub/... detect that setup and > use it for the basis for the Linux software RAID OR use the correct > driver (eg sata_nv). Linux software RAID and fakeRAID are totally incompatible. > Alternatively, if the installer allowed establishing two drives in > RAID 0 (or 1+0) and then partitioning the resultant /dev/md1. I keep > reading that /dev/md1 is just another block device but the installers > do not seem to treat it as such. Should work with YaST2. Regards, Carl-Daniel --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
