Hello All,
Has anyone had any luck installing an Adaptec 2400A ata raid controller on RH8/9? Sino ba ung suppliers ng adaptec? Oh btw, the ACARD ppl responded, sez the ATP865/AEC6880 aren't supported -- unless you want to turn them into ata133 ide controllers ;) --- plug bert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > > Supported kaya ung ACARD RAID controllers? i > recently got an MSI 645E Max2 board na me ACHIP > ATP865/AEC6880 na card. > > > > > > use them. Instead, i > > > > use the native IDE support of the kernel to > > identify > > > > the promise card as > > > > just another set of IDE controllers, which i > use > > to > > > > run software raid on. > > Hmmm...interesting...pero kung ganyan, what's the > diff if you just use an ordinary ide controller? > Parang nasayang ung raid hw.... > > > Let's say that u do have a raid controller that > rh8/9 fully supports...come setup time ba, should > the > RAID array be automatically detected, i.e. no need > to > mark the drives as software raid, etc? > > > > --- "ian sison (mailing list)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > I had it imported from the US \8( So far i > haven't > > been able to source a > > local supplier. > > > > > > On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, plug bert wrote: > > > > > Hello! > > > > > > Thanks! Where did you get the 3ware card > from? > > > > > > > > > > > > --- "ian sison (mailing list)" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, plug bert wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello! > > > > > > > > > > A good day to you all. i checked The HCL > > for > > > > RH8.0 > > > > > and found out that the Promise ATA RAID > > > > controllers > > > > > aren't really certified. Has anyone been > able > > to > > > > use > > > > > them in the wild? > > > > > > > > Promise RAID drivers are not open source so i > do > > not > > > > use them. Instead, i > > > > use the native IDE support of the kernel to > > identify > > > > the promise card as > > > > just another set of IDE controllers, which i > use > > to > > > > run software raid on. > > > > I've read posts from kernel hackers that linux > > s/w > > > > raid is actually faster > > > > than firmware raid that the promise drivers > > provide. > > > > > > > > I'd discourage using the offcial > > promise-provided > > > > drivers because they are > > > > not open source. You will run into problems > when > > > > there is a new kernel > > > > which you need to use (for security updates > for > > > > example) and you can't use > > > > them because promise hasn't ported their > driver > > over > > > > to the new kernel. > > > > > > > > > So far the only brand i know that RH > > supports > > > > is > > > > > 3ware. Are there any others? > > > > > > > > I use 3ware in production and it's stable and > > very > > > > configurable -> hot > > > > swap on IDE even! > > > > > > > > > Last q: mobos with SCSI raid controller > > > > functions > > > > > have been running around for quite sometime > > now; > > > > are > > > > > there any mobos around that has *ATA* raid > > > > controller > > > > > functions built-in? i remember a thread way > > back > > > > about > > > > > onboard raid controllers as not being the > best > > > > choice > > > > > though... > > > > > > > > On board RAID controllers for IDE have been > > around > > > > in some mobos for some > > > > time. They use the same chipsets as the cards > > do - > > > > Promise or HPT. > > > > > > > > > > > > _ > > > > Philippine Linux Users Group. 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