Re: HPT372 Motherboard RAID 1
From: Rob Ristroph (rgr_at_sdf.lonestar.org)
Date: 02/03/04
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Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 05:58:10 GMT
>>>>> "Felix" == Felix Miata <UgaddaBkidding.due2UCE@dev.nul> writes:
Felix>
Felix> Michael Buchenrieder wrote:
>> Felix Miata <UgaddaBkidding.due2UCE@dev.nul> writes:
Felix>
>> >Are there any distros that support installing on and booting from
>> >HPT372 motherboard RAID 1 on which the RAID is already partitioned
>> >for multiboot and on which W2K is already installed to boot from
>> >and use the RAID 1? Google hasn't found me any.
Felix>
>> [...]
Felix>
>> I doubt that this works at all. The HPT372 chipset is NOT a HW RAID
>> controller, although the description could make you think it was.
>> Fact is, all the Promise chipsets do nothing but simply offer a
>> BIOS setup for creating arrays - but to be able to use them, you
>> have to install the prorietary drivers they deliver with the
>> motherboard.
Felix>
Felix> That's how it was done with W2K, but I assumed it had to be
Felix> done that way only because the HPT372 was created after W2K was
Felix> developed.
Felix>
>> There is a Linux driver for the 372 chipset; you could try loading
>> that first, prior to installing your distribution of choice. I'm
>> sure that
Felix>
Felix> I would have if I could have found any such thing. What I found
Felix> was a source archive, but its use presumes a working system on
Felix> which the driver could be compiled. I don't know how to compile
Felix> drivers, nor do I have a working Linux system of the type I
Felix> would be installing on the RAID equipped motherboard. All mine
Felix> are older distros on older hardware with no RAID.
Felix>
>> SuSE 9.x has support for this chipset; Mandrake should as well.
Felix>
Felix> After so long since release of the HPT372 (and other types of
Felix> motherboard "RAID"), I would have expected by now that the
Felix> required driver module would be on the newer distros' CDs,
Felix> ready to add to the installer's kernel line.
Felix>
>> You'll simply have to load that first, then setup the partitions on
>> the /dev/ataraid* devices. However, whether or not this will keep
>> your existing W2K partitioning is hard to tell; especially if
>> taking into account your previous failed installation attempts.
Felix>
Felix> Thanks for the help. This subject is poorly covered anywhere,
Felix> regardless of distro.
Go to this page:
http://www.highpoint-tech.com/Japan/b372jp.htm
and download the appropriate zip file, and unzip it. For RedHat, for
instance, it will tell you how to make a driver floppy that you can
give to the installation program when it asks for any additional
drivers you might have.
However, my advice is to not use that RAID chip and to do software
RAID in linux instead. Based on how you describe your setup, dual
booting with windows already installed on the hp372 RAID, I am not
sure that will work. Your choices might be to use the linux driver or
to start over completely.
--Rob
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