-----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeroen Lankheet Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 8:10 AM To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Where's the hardware compatibility list? > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of adunn@xxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 3:53 PM > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Where's the hardware compatibility list? > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Jeroen Lankheet > Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 1:39 AM > To: Fedora > Subject: Where's the hardware compatibility list? > > > Hi there, > > I need to upgrade from RH7.3 either to RH9 or to Fedora. I base my > decision on the presence of HPT370 RAID support. RH9 has a 3rd party > driver. But i cannot find any information on Fedora RAID support, or > any other hardware support. > > Could anyone please tell me where it is? > > Jeroen Lankheet > > > -- > > Jeroen, a number of people have already recommended that you avoid > using the HPT370 RAID functionality and I won't argue with that. I > have an add-in HPT370 PCI card in my system and I use Fedora's > software striping > + parity (I forget which RAID level that is) because Linux will > recognize that controller as a plain old IDE controller. Now, if you > want to boot your system from that RAID device, I think that another > message has explained why that may be more of a pain than it's worth, > but if you are looking to boot from a single drive and use the RAID > array for a separate partition(s), I would recommend avoiding the > Highpoint drivers altogether and just using Linux's software RAID. > You'll find that the performance of Fedora's RAID implementation is > superior to that of Highpoint. > > Or, if nothing else, you can at least add up to four more drives to > your system without using RAID. > > Good luck! > > Drew > > Drew Dunn > Simulation Engineer > Micron Technology, Inc. > "The Future of Memory" > (208)368-2882 > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Thanks again, I remember a software RAID can be configured during installation is it not? Or do I have to do that once the system is already running? Regards, Jeroen. -- Yes, software RAID can be configured during installation when you partition the drives. You'll see when you create the partitions that one of the partition types is RAID. When you have partitioned the drives, you can then combine the RAID partitions into the RAID level that you desire. Disk Druid is reasonably intuitive to use to do the partitioning and RAID device creation. You may want to refer to the RHL 9.0 documentation if you need more information on how to configure a RAID device during installation. It's very informative and completely applicable to Fedora. You can also create a RAID device after setup, if you desire. There is an excellent HOWTO at the Linux Documentation Project's web site (http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO.html). Regards, Drew Drew Dunn Simulation Engineer Micron Technology, Inc. "The Future of Memory" (208)368-2882
