Re: Lsi MegaRAID ATA 133

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Am Mo, den 10.05.2004 schrieb Rui RomÃo um 11:56:

> Hello:
> 
> 
> I have decided to install FC1 on my server, and make RAID 1 (Mirror). Altought this server
> has a Lsi Logic MegaRAID ATA 133, and I canÂt configure it. I have just send a mail to Lsi
> Logic, and the response was:
> 
> "Fedora, being a community project makes it difficult for us to get the
> support we need when developing drivers so no binary will be compiled for
> this OS. We have released our source, which should work across all of our
> intelligent controllers, but the ATA 133-2 controller is non intelligent,
> meaning it has no firmware and the proprietary RAID algorithms are written
> into the driver and the source is unable to be released. Therefore there is
> no planned support for Fedora on this controller."
> 
> ThereÂs no way to configure RAID on this server (with FC1) with this card?
> 
> Thank you
> 
> RR

As explained several times before here on the list - as well as the LSI
Logic support states in his mail to you - the controller is no real
hardware RAID controller. Use software RAID function by Fedora / Linux.
It requires no external driver and works nearly the same.

Alexander


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