From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
To: a.ledvinka@promon.cz
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: promise (105a:3319) unattended boot
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 13:09:13 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <41700439.8080809@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <OF77D5B4E1.A38CC6EC-ONC1256F2E.004E78A5-C1256F2E.0050B72C@promon.cz>
a.ledvinka@promon.cz wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Got here http://pciids.sourceforge.net/iii/?i=105a3319
> As http://linux.yyz.us/sata/faq-sata-raid.html#tx4 calls it
> soft/accelerator raid version
> Going to use latest kernel from /pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/
>
> But bios even with keyboard unplugged requires me to press one of 2 keys
> to either define array OR continue booting in case no array is defined.
>
> What would you recommend me to do?
> - stay with ft3xx module from promise and 10 level RAID array and not use
> sata_promise?
> - define some array in bios and completely ignore that fact and use
> sata_promise, bypass bios and define custom linux soft raid arrays?
> - anything else (no bios flashing and no hw hacking)?
You can use dmraid or ataraid, and define a JBOD array consisting of one
disk in each array (i.e. one JBOD per disk)
Jeff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-10-15 17:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-10-15 14:41 promise (105a:3319) unattended boot a.ledvinka
2004-10-15 17:09 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2004-10-15 17:27 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2004-10-15 20:12 ` Alistair John Strachan
2004-10-15 20:27 ` Joel Jaeggli
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2004-10-15 17:06 Chuck Ebbert
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