Dear all, thanks for your replies. I would like to use "real" raid. As I have to use Windows and Linux, software raid will not be that good for me. Additionally, it will not be that fast for cutting of films from my camcorder.
I checked the Promise SX4M (or so). On the manufacturer page, there is no information, that this is also software raid. Additionally a guy said, that it works fine in sarge. What I figured out is that this is the same sh... but with hardware support. Of course, Linux still does not use the raid functionality. So I guess, I will have to change this card to a 3ware, which is a lot more expensive. But it should work. At least I hope so. Do you know any other good hardware raid controllers, that are not that expensive? Best regards, Matt > --- Ursprüngliche Nachricht --- > Von: Adam Skutt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > An: [email protected] > Kopie: [email protected] > Betreff: Re: sil3114 problem > Datum: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 07:59:17 -0400 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I used the amd64 version of sarge. When I boot, the debian installer > shows, > > that it loads the sil3114 module. However, when doing the partitioning, > > debian shows me three independent hard disks, although I set up a raid > array > > in the BIOS. I know, that sil3114 is only a fake raid controller, but I > > think, when the driver is loaded, the operating system should not > recognize > > this fact and show me the array. Am I wrong there? > To be 100% perfectly clear, yes you are wrong. > > In the case of all the SATA chipsets which provide BIOS RAID (which is > like, all of them) the regular libata drivers will not see the array > created in the bios, they will simply ignore it. > > If you really must use it, you can use dm-raid to get chipset specific > support. But you should only do that if you need to share a RAID array > with Windows. Otherwise, use the in-kernel software MD driver. > > > Even if this is not really belonging here (but might still be a hint for > a > > solution), Windows XP (32 bit) crashes completely, before I am able to > > create/ select a partition, no matter if the sil drivers are loaded or > not. > Are you loading the right driver off a floppy? > > Adam > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- 5 GB Mailbox, 50 FreeSMS http://www.gmx.net/de/go/promail +++ GMX - die erste Adresse für Mail, Message, More +++ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
