On 12/10/2005 1:17 PM Stroller wrote:
On Dec 10, 2005, at 5:08 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a system on an Abit motherboard with the Nvidia GeForce 4
chipset.
There are two SATA disks in a hardward stripe configuration using the
controller built in to the motherboard.
...
I booted the latest Knoppix dated 9/23/05 and see two
icons on the desktop for my drives. One for sda the other for sdb.
I can
not mount either. I assume this is because Knoppix is seeing each drive
individually instead of the one logical striped drive it is.
I'm no expert on this, but I believe that many ATA "hardware" RAID
arrangements in fact just use their Windoze drivers to do software
RAID. I'd do some research via Googling the chipset &/or board's model
number if I were you.
I haven't found anything yet but then I haven't looked real hard.
However I suspect this does not rely on any Windows drivers as the
controller is managed long before Windows boots. Just after POST and
before the OS starts, a brief message showing the controller is
displayed. By pressing F10, I can manage my stripe. Much like I see
most SCSI cards.
Is there some magic I can perform at the boot prompt to get Knoppix
to see the
two individual drives as one logical striped drive? I can't recover
the data
from booting Windows because it's all screwed up and reboots itself
shortly
after logon.
If my guess is correct then the best thing might be to install Windows
on a spare drive & boot from that to see the RAID as one. You might
try booting with a Windows CD & see if the RAID is recognised as a
single partition... if you get the option to do a repair install you
_should_ be able to get an at-least-mostly-working Windows install &
all your data intact. Recover the data to a portable drive & format.
Thanks. I tried an overlay install again and things seem to be going
well. Copying data now.
Thanks for your ideas!
Drew
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