> > There are some motherboards which have software RAID in the BIOS. This > allows them to deal with that problem at boot time, and then the kernel does > software RAID with the same mapping once it's loaded.
Mmm... those boards use the Highpoint chip... thats not real good at anything ;-) Performance is lackluster, and reliability... well, lets put it this way: there are IDE RAID cards here with Highpoint chips for US$25 with change ;-) > > > I think (hopefully) that a Hardware IDE Raid card should solve this > > problem. I am in the process of buying a couple of 3ware cards right now > > (especially after Promise said outright that they do not support Debian, > > and Adaptec had no response, only 3ware replied with help). I will connect > > the failed drive to it, and see if it does anything, and let you know. > > I look forward to it. > > Also perhaps you should post a photo-copy of your 3ware receipt to Promise > with an explanation of why you could never purchase or recommend their > products. > 3ware, Promise, Adaptec are all price approximately around each other. Even if Promise would be willing to recompile their binary for Debian, I would have considered them... but their total lack of help means they weren't even in the running. In these hard economic times, you'd imagine Promise would be a bit "nicer". Oh well. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
