From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ludwig Meyerhoff Subject: VT8237 SATA + RAID Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 12:19:58 +0200 Message-ID: <4262384E.2090607@antar.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from ant6.hh.gtn.com ([194.77.162.158]:53472 "EHLO srv.antar.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261247AbVDQKVf (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Apr 2005 06:21:35 -0400 Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: jgarzik@pobox.com, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Hallo! I wanted to install a new low-usage linux-server, so I bought a mainboard with a SATA RAID controller (VT8237) onboard. I know there are better solutions like RAID controllers with their own microcontrollers, but as I only wanted to mirror the data, a "BIOS RAID" should do, too. So I have two 250GB SATA drives, a configured RAID and a Debian Netinstall CD (2.6.8-10 kernel). My problem is the "sata_via" module loads but does not recognize the RAID function, as instead of one drive it finds two. Googling around I found many people sharing my problem but no one having a solution which does not consist of a software-raid managed by the kernel (I had some trouble with it when one of the two disks (RAID 1) crashed - all data lost). There seems to be a driver at viaarena.com, but it looks like if it were only for 2.4 kernel. To me it looks like if the sata_via driver lacks the BIOS support, so I ask You whether this is the case and what I can do. Saluti! Ludwig Meyerhoff P.s.: I did not subscribe to the list, so please do not forget to cc me in replies!