From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Shawn Douglass Subject: Re: Hardware ide raid question Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 18:10:29 -0800 Sender: linux-admin-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20021106021029.GB15437@whack.org> References: <20021105175302Z265108-32597+16146@vger.kernel.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021105175302Z265108-32597+16146@vger.kernel.org> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Benoit Joseph Cc: linux-admin@vger.kernel.org Promise does not work with Linux as far as I know. I bought a Dragon board w/ on-board promise raid which I could never get working. You can do a software raid like so. -bash-2.05b$ cat /etc/raidtab raiddev /dev/md2 raid-level 1 nr-raid-disks 2 chunk-size 64k persistent-superblock 1 nr-spare-disks 0 device /dev/hda7 raid-disk 0 device /dev/hdd7 raid-disk 1 raiddev /dev/md3 raid-level 1 nr-raid-disks 2 chunk-size 64k persistent-superblock 1 nr-spare-disks 0 device /dev/hda1 raid-disk 0 device /dev/hdd1 raid-disk 1 raiddev /dev/md0 raid-level 1 nr-raid-disks 2 chunk-size 64k persistent-superblock 1 nr-spare-disks 0 device /dev/hda2 raid-disk 0 device /dev/hdd2 raid-disk 1 raiddev /dev/md1 raid-level 1 nr-raid-disks 2 chunk-size 64k persistent-superblock 1 nr-spare-disks 0 device /dev/hda3 raid-disk 0 device /dev/hdd3 raid-disk 1 raiddev /dev/md4 raid-level 1 nr-raid-disks 2 chunk-size 64k persistent-superblock 1 nr-spare-disks 0 device /dev/hda6 raid-disk 0 device /dev/hdd6 raid-disk 1 -sdouglas On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 06:58:37PM +0100, Benoit Joseph wrote: Benoit> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Benoit> Hash: SHA1 Benoit> Benoit> Benoit> Hello all, Benoit> Benoit> I have to install a raid machine under linux. Benoit> I'd like to install the gentoo distribution 1.4rc1 or RedHat 8.0 Benoit> Benoit> The ide raid controler is Promise 20276 and it seems it does not work Benoit> under Linux. Benoit> Benoit> Can someone tell me if there are solutions for this controller with any Benoit> of the two distributions above. Maybe some module or kernel Benoit> parameters...?? Benoit> I've already looked on google and I've found something for RH7.2. Benoit> Benoit> If there is no way to get this controller working, wich ide raid Benoit> controller do you recommend? Benoit> Benoit> Any help greatly appreciated. Benoit> Benoit> Thanks for advance Benoit> Benoit> Benoit Benoit> Benoit> - -- Benoit> JOSEPH Benoit Benoit> benoit.joseph@teledisnet.be Benoit> joker@baby-linux.net Benoit> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Benoit> Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Benoit> Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org Benoit> Benoit> iD8DBQE9yAbULPnuiaZn1q4RAomfAKC7yE5OzhIpyP5E7P8ITGn38J14fwCeLR7Z Benoit> mhAsL16n2tFTQaISTZvH6jg= Benoit> =L5DL Benoit> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Benoit> - Benoit> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in Benoit> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Benoit> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html