Re: Is hardware RAID supported?

From: Michael Heiming (michael+USENET_at_www.heiming.de)
Date: 11/29/04 

Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 17:14:48 +0100

In comp.os.linux.hardware Markku Kolkka <markku.kolkka@iki.fi>:
> Marshall wrote:
>> I'm getting the impression that the nForce 250GB chip set is actually
>> not fully supported. My Soltek SL-K8AN2E-GR mother board has this chip
>> set. I currently have hardware RAID+0 setup in the CMOS which is
>> working with Windows XP Pro. The last few days I have been reading
>> around the net and I finally came across information that basically
>> states that hardware RAID in GNU/Linux is not supported.
>>
>> Is this correct?

> Wrong. Hardware RAID is supported, but your chipset isn't a hardware
> RAID controller. See: http://linux.yyz.us/sata/faq-sata-raid.html

Dunno his mobo but it sounds pretty much like some cheapo crappy
M$ only fake raid controller.

>> If I want to keep the hardware RAID setup, am I restricted to the only
>> option of adding a third HDD to this system if I want a dual boot
>> GNU/Linux & Windows system?

> If you want a hardware RAID setup, you should get one first. You
> currently have a BIOS-supported Windows-only software RAID.

Yep, 3ware makes pretty good/fast SATA raid controllers, which
are 100% supported by Linux. Sure there are cheaper ones, but
Linux loves quality hw.;) 

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