You can install Linux on this type of RAID, but it will take some doing.
Unless you are dual-booting with Windows, you are better off configuring
the system for non-RAID operation (in the bios setup) and using the Linux
software RAID. Much easier on the brain.
But if you do need to install on this RAID, let me know - I recently set
up a system to dual-boot Windows and SL5 on Intel RAID, using the dmraid
software. It was a skull-splitter, but I did get it to work.
cheers,
Steve Gaarder
System Administrator, Dept of Mathematics
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 13 Oct 2008, kukarzev wrote:
Hi everybody,
I am trying to install SL4 on Dell Dimension 9200 with Intel 82801 (ICH8)
Raid controller. Not sure how to proceed.
I have configured RAID1 array using the built-in Intel config utility (I have
two physical drives, 320G each). When I try to run the 4.5 installer, it sees
two separate drives rather than the array. I do not want to create the
software RAID, and I am not 100% sure what LVM is.
To my understanding, I should see one raid device instead of two physical
disks. How do I achieve that? Am I missing a driver? Is there an installer of
SL4.x that can install on such a RAID?
Thanks!
Gena.
