Mandrake 8.0 doesn't recognise it. I haven't tried Mandrake 8.1beta. Can
you ask your friend what version of Mandrake he was using?
I've got exactly the same setup. 2x 40GB IBM 7200 RPM hard drives. It
pains me that I can't run it in striped mode. However, when installing
Windows on it earlier, before I knew about the problems, it was absolutely
amazing. I've never seen a computer so fast before, and I've typically used
high-end workstations. It was beautiful. Of course, as soon as there's a
dual processor version of this motherboard, I might be tempted to upgrade.
But the RAID looked to be well worth it.
Right now I'm running it un-RAID'ed. As it is, I can't recommend it if
you're using Linux. I'm eagerly awaiting these new drivers, though.
Assuming I get it working, I'll report back.
-dan
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Allan Whiteford
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 8:55 AM
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Subject: Re: [scottish] HPT370 driver questions
Dan - Blue Lotus Software wrote:
>
> Well, I just found out that the AC kernel has support for the HPT370 RAID
> drivers that come with my ABit motherboard. Good. I've been waiting for
> this. Now, however, I have a question.
>
> I'd like to install this on my system, but I've got a big question/doubt.
> Basically, I need to recompile my kernel to add in support for this.
Which
> means either a install Linux to another, non-RAID disk, and compile the
> kernel, or I install Linux to the RAID'ed disk (which will look 1/2 size
> until the RAID support is added), then compile the kernel.
>
> In the former, it seems like it will be a *big* PITA installing Linux, as
> I'm guessing I'd have to modify the installation kernel in order for it to
> see the RAID'ed disks properly. In the latter, it sounds like I'd have
the
> entire Linux distribution installed on one disk, limiting the performance
> enhancements of the level 0 striping. In either case, I'm wondering about
> the efficacy of such a thing. Does RedHat's installer use an AC kernel?
If
> so, I suppose I could install RedHat, as the HPT370 drivers are included
> with the AC kernel.
>
> Does anyone have any experiences with getting HPT370 drivers installed?
> This is a royal PITA. The HPT370 is definitely *not* hardware RAID, as
I've
> become painfully aware since I bought this machine. In fact, this has
> almost made me want to scrap Linux and go with W2k only. OK, maybe I'm
not
> willing to do that, but it's damn frustrating. If only Linux would accept
> more of Andy Cox's kernel patches... -sigh-
>
> Thanks!
> -dan
>
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Dan,
I have a friend who installed SuSE 7.1 onto an HPT370 RAID array and
another one who installed Mandrake (something fairly recent, can't
remember the version) onto a similar system.
None of them said they had any problems doing it.
One of them done RAID level 0 (striping) and was not impressed by the
performance at all. He was using both Mandrake and Windows 2000 and he
said in both cases the system was far slower than he was hoping for.
The other done RAID level 1 (mirroring) and was quite happy with it for
a while. He eventually needed more disk space and split the drives up
into two separate disks which the HPT370 controller can do. So now he
has hde and hdg.
Interestingly, the person who done mirroring got faster performance in
Windows 2000 than the guy doing stripping. I don't think they done any
linux type speed tests against each other.
Both of them used 40GB ATA100 IBM drives.
I also have an HPT370 RAID system on my m/board which I bought to use
RAID level 0. But after the reports I got on striping I am reluctant to
buy two hard drives to find the system is rubbish; let me know how you
get on, please.
Thanks,
Allan
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