Re: FC4 not seeing PDC20378 (FastTrak 378/SATA 378)

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On Thu, 2005-10-20 at 22:19 +0200, Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> Am Do, den 20.10.2005 schrieb tlc um 20:40:
> 
> No HTML formatted mails to this list please.
> 
sorry bout that ..

> > I have an onboard PDC20378 (FastTrak 378/SATA 378) set in IDE RAID
> > mode. ( I have tried it in IDE non  RAID as well ) and although linux
> > finds the controller an loads the sata_promise driver for it, there
> > are no devices detected attached to the card.
> 
> It is a BIOS supported software RAID controller chip (aka fake RAID /
> win-RAID).
> 
yes, fake raid, so I know I am going to have to make it a software raid
under linux. But I can not even see the devices even if I ( in the
BIOS ) choose the IDE option instead of the RAID option.

> > Asus P4P800 Deluxe, 2GB,P43.0E
> > 
> > Booting off an SATA drive, a CD and a DVDR drive on the secondary IDE.
> > The IDE ports are set in compatibility mode, secondary PATA + SATA
> > 
> > I have to IDE drives on the promise controller and the promise BIOS
> > sees both drives and created a RAID0
> 
> You seem to like living on the risky edge.

I wouldn't say risky edge .. but the edge ... 

> 
> > I am running a 2.6.11.12 kernel due to a win4lin SMP issue, but from
> > what I read the problem with this card was already fixed before
> > 2.6.11.x
> 
> I suggest you ask on the list dedicated to dmraid:
> 
> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list
> 
> I think you will get better feedback from there, as the author of dmraid
> answers there too.
> 
thanks for the advice ... will do

> Alexander
> 
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