Looks like there was a RAID controller inside the system (LSI Logic something....) Disabling that made it all go away. Me, I am a little user, and really want this machine to work,hence the emphasis on efficiency.... Thanks for all your help. --- Alexander Dalloz <alexander.dalloz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Am Di, den 15.06.2004 schrieb Globe Trotter um 15:09: > > > Sorry, but how/where do I get a hardware RAID adapter? I presume there are > also > > directions for installing it? > > For which reason do you want RAID? Is it a critical production system > which must run and where downtime costs money? Then kick away your cheap > controller and by a more expensive one where the chipset runs the RAID > logic. Adaptec offers you such high price RAID controllers as well as > 3Ware. > > With such real hardware RAID adapters you only see the RAID array and no > single drives. You set up all RAID functions in the controller BIOS and > you need no OS driver to have RAID functions. I.e. the 3Ware controllers > are auto detected by Fedora Linux and you do not have to care for the > RAID setup once you told the controller how to behave in it's BIOS. > > On the other hand, if you are a home user such hardware RAID controllers > are mostly too expensive. Then just use Linux software RAID. > > Ok, I feel you got enough explanations. If still unsure please search > this list's archive and do google search. The thing is really simple. > > Alexander > > > -- > Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG key 1024D/ED695653 1999-07-13 > Fedora GNU/Linux Core 2 (Tettnang) on Athlon CPU kernel 2.6.6-1.435 > Serendipity 15:30:35 up 11:57, 8 users, 0.33, 0.31, 0.32 > > ATTACHMENT part 1.2 application/pgp-signature name=signature.asc > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
