On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 16:33 +0000, Scott van Looy wrote: > Today Sean Bruno did spake thusly: > > > I'm having issues with anaconda trying to install on a K8N-DL dual > > opteron box with 2 SATA disks. > > > > Under FC5 I was able to configure two disks as a S/W Raid 1 and all was > > good. Under FC6 anaconda refuses to allow me install a S/W Raid 1 and > > forces me to try to install using the H/W Raid Controllers I have > > on-board even though I haven't set up a Raid set on the controllers. > > > > When I enter installer, I am forced to use /dev/mpath/XXX where XXX is > > the H/W raid device. I cannot try and use /dev/sda and /dev/sdb and > > they are not presented to me as valid devices. > > > > In addition, if I do setup a H/W Raid 1, anaconda detonates when trying > > to build the LVM partitions and the file systems prior to executing the > > package installs. > > > > This issue is being maintained under > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=213738 > > > > Any ideas on how to force anaconda to allow me to install a S/W raid 1? > > No idea. But I have the same mobo...I just set up the Nvidia HW raid and > it worked fine on that. Why the preference for SW raid over HW raid? I'd > have expected the HW stuff to be faster? Not really. The S/W Raid 1 is much faster in my testing by about 10-15% over the Silicon Image and Nvidia H/W Raid controllers on this Mobo. I had a Drive failure with FC5 and the H/W Raid failed miserably. The S/W Raid however worked flawlessly when I remembered to put the boot loader on the second hard disk. Sean
