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Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] "iswraid" (ICHxR ataraid sub-driver) for 2.4.29
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On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 09:38:54AM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Without device mapper (another new feature) to enable dmraid, these 
> users are just sorta S.O.L.
> 
> I consider it not a new feature, but a missing feature, since otherwise 
> user data cannot be accessed in the RAID setups.

So those people should switch to Linux 2.6, or simply avoid using one
of the various softraid variants for the data they want to share with
windows.  Both Linux (md or dm) and Windows (LDM) can mirror individual
partitions just fine.