Doesn't software raid also have more tools for recovery? Less hardware dependent?At 02:54 PM 4/29/2004, Taylor, ForrestX wrote:
On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 04:20, Benjamin J. Weiss wrote:
1) Is SATA support working now for either chipset on that motherboard? (Intel ICH5/ICH5R Chipset)
I found a page on Intel's site that said that newer kernels support SATA on the ICH5 chipset, but only in legacy mode:
http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/sb/cs-006312-prd40.htm
Whereas MSI (the manufacturer of the motherboard I've got on order) states that WinXP can do SATA in Native mode.
1) Is there any advantage to running in Native mode? (IOW, is it worth it to purchase WinXP?)
2) Does anybody know if Native mode support is coming to linux?
Enhanced SATA (not Legacy) already works in Fedora Core and RHL 8,0/9 with newer kernels. I had to install RHL 8.0 in Legacy mode, then I could upgrade the kernel and use Enhanced mode.
I think that the Legacy in BIOS bit was a part of another solution.
Enhanced ICH5 is fine in Enhanced Mode with SATA. It's the RAID option (ICH5R) that requires Legacy Mode to work. I just use software RAID instead. The ICH5R isn't true hardware RAID anyway, from what I've read.
I set up my new computer with software raid after reading the about the above points. I took what I read to be true.
BTW, the FC1 kernel did recognize my SATA controller (SI) and the raid that I set up with the BIOS. I removed the HW raid after reading about recovery and raid tools.
-- Robin Laing
