On 3/9/08, Ivan Glushkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Owen Townend wrote: > > > > > > On 3/8/08, *Ivan Glushkov* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I have an Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe Mobo, which has an NVIDIA nForce4 sata > > raid controller and I tried to install Debian with the testing > > netinstall cd, but it does not recognize my RAID array. Any idea how to > > do that? Googling I found this > > (http://www.transtronics.com/reference/SATA-RAID-debian-for-2.6.html), > > but it states that the debian installer should recognize raid arrays.. > > should it? > > > > Cheers, > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > That's a nice link. The software raid will work perfectly under linux, > but is it going to be visible under windows? Is there a windows software > for that? > > > > Hey, > > A little bit of googling found this: > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=178400 > > It's one guy's experience with an nforce4 chipset mobo. FTA: > > " Step 1.) Disable Raid Support in Bios and and other type of > > "Software" Raid Controller. That nifty nforce 4 motherboard you have > > DOES NOT have a HW Raid controller. You will find that if you use that > > raid controller and try to get linux to play nice, you will fail > > miserably! " > > > From this and a few other pages it looks like you may be able to > > access the array using dmraid but not as a boot device and even if you > > could, it doesn't perform better than a software md raid because the > > 'hardware' raid the mobo uses actually uses the system cpu and memory > > anyway. > > If you're dual booting and already have windows installed on the array > > then pursue the issue, otherwise it seems your time is better spent > > relaxing with a software raid soution. > > > cheers, > > Owen. > > > > > -- > > ------------------------------------- > Ivan Glushkov > Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron DESY > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > web: www.desy.de/~glushkov > phone: +49-40-8998-3293 > fax: +49-40-8994-3094 > Notkestrasse 85 > 22607 Hamburg > Germany > ------------------------------------- > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hey, Linux software raid isn't visible under windows, but if you partition your disks you can install windows using its own software raid implementation - 'dynamic disks'. It's that or buy yourself a true hardware raid card, which are not cheap, or you may yet have luck with dmraid, but it doesn't look simple. Unless someone else has some ideas?
cheers, Owen.
