On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 08:57:13PM -0600, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > At 16:25 3/14/2004, you wrote: > >Re the GA-7N400 Pro2 that you discuss above, one thing I've always > >wondered about these boards with onboard RAID,... is it possible to > >attach additional drives to the RAID cable sockets and use them as > >ordinary (i.e., NON-RAID) drives? So that we could have more than four > >IDE drives on the system? > > Yes. As a matter of fact, that's the best way to use them, since the > onboard RAID is usually some sort of proprietary software RAID in the > drivers anyway, and the Linux software RAID is far better tested and more > reliable (plus, supported and built-in and open source and free and > gratis...) I definitely recommend using those ports as simple EIDE ports; > if you want RAID, use Linux software RAID or get a hardware RAID adapter > like 3Ware which is a far better choice and is also supported natively by > the Linux kernel. Thanks for the info! > > >(In fact I've a surplus of ATA drives already, with several in the range > >of 8-40 gigs lying on the "spare parts" shelf at the moment.) > > If you get to the point where some/any of those drives are no longer useful > to you, but they still work, can I have them? Any drive of 1GB or more is > useful to me, since we use them to rebuild old computers (Pentium Classic > boxes usually, between 75 and 200 MHz) and then donate them to rural public > schools, orphanages, etc. See http://www.rule-project.org for the software > to do this if desired. Actually I do similar things myself. I've given several "frankenclones" to friends (people from church and their friends) who wanted email and had no computer. Old things, but they run. But I'll keep your request in mind should I get to where I can't stand looking at them any longer. ;^) -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------- I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. ------------------------------ Philippians 4:13 -------------------------------
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