Re: FC4 not seeing PDC20378 (FastTrak 378/SATA 378)

From: tlc (tlc_at_artemide.us)
Date: 10/20/05

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    On Thu, 2005-10-20 at 22:19 +0200, Alexander Dalloz wrote:
    > Am Do, den 20.10.2005 schrieb tlc um 20:40:
    >
    > No HTML formatted mails to this list please.
    >
    sorry bout that ..

    > > I have an onboard PDC20378 (FastTrak 378/SATA 378) set in IDE RAID
    > > mode. ( I have tried it in IDE non RAID as well ) and although linux
    > > finds the controller an loads the sata_promise driver for it, there
    > > are no devices detected attached to the card.
    >
    > It is a BIOS supported software RAID controller chip (aka fake RAID /
    > win-RAID).
    >
    yes, fake raid, so I know I am going to have to make it a software raid
    under linux. But I can not even see the devices even if I ( in the
    BIOS ) choose the IDE option instead of the RAID option.

    > > Asus P4P800 Deluxe, 2GB,P43.0E
    > >
    > > Booting off an SATA drive, a CD and a DVDR drive on the secondary IDE.
    > > The IDE ports are set in compatibility mode, secondary PATA + SATA
    > >
    > > I have to IDE drives on the promise controller and the promise BIOS
    > > sees both drives and created a RAID0
    >
    > You seem to like living on the risky edge.

    I wouldn't say risky edge .. but the edge ...

    >
    > > I am running a 2.6.11.12 kernel due to a win4lin SMP issue, but from
    > > what I read the problem with this card was already fixed before
    > > 2.6.11.x
    >
    > I suggest you ask on the list dedicated to dmraid:
    >
    > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list
    >
    > I think you will get better feedback from there, as the author of dmraid
    > answers there too.
    >
    thanks for the advice ... will do

    > Alexander
    >
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