On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Alan Cox <a...@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote: > It does. One thing worth noting is that the chip has two modes. In the > RAID mode it doesn't support CD-ROM devices but handles basic raid stuff > itself via its embedded microcontroller. In non-RAID mode it behaves > exactly like a standard IDE controller. Both modes are supported. RAID 0 > is generally best done using software RAID in Linux, RAID 1 there are > advantages to doing it either way. Some of the RAID firmwares are a bit > flakey so if you get a problem boot it with the device in non-RAID mode. > (if the BIOS won't let you set it then try 'pata_it821x.noraid=1' as a > boot option.
Hmm. I have a belief that I'm not operating the controller in a RAID mode, but I will double check. If I don't get anywhere in that direction, I'll try the boot option you've suggested. Thanks for your help. :) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
