Dear Jeroen Lankheet, It's easier to install during setup. Otherwise, it is very tedious! Just my experience with RAID. James Kosin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeroen Lankheet" <Jeroen.Lankheet@xxxxxxxxx> To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 10:09 AM 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. | | | -- | fedora-list mailing list | fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx | To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
